diff --git a/releasenotes/source/conf.py b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
index 9831fd5d2..67c9b941a 100644
--- a/releasenotes/source/conf.py
+++ b/releasenotes/source/conf.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
-from watcher import version as watcher_version
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the