diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
index f8d07beaf..cfc5ffd8b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/vk.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     int_or_none,
     orderedSet,
-    sanitized_Request,
     str_to_int,
     unescapeHTML,
     unified_strdate,