diff --git a/tools/python/xen/util/xmlrpcclient.py b/tools/python/xen/util/xmlrpcclient.py
index 3a0295667f..5b8831713c 100644
--- a/tools/python/xen/util/xmlrpcclient.py
+++ b/tools/python/xen/util/xmlrpcclient.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 from httplib import FakeSocket, HTTPConnection, HTTP
 import socket
+import string
 import xmlrpclib
 from types import StringTypes
 
diff --git a/tools/python/xen/util/xmlrpclib2.py b/tools/python/xen/util/xmlrpclib2.py
index edf0720114..a503de1241 100644
--- a/tools/python/xen/util/xmlrpclib2.py
+++ b/tools/python/xen/util/xmlrpclib2.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ An enhanced XML-RPC client/server interface for Python.
 """
 
 import re
-import string
 import fcntl
 from types import *