diff --git a/src/controllers/categories.js b/src/controllers/categories.js
index 12f07f971e..d5cd04b504 100644
--- a/src/controllers/categories.js
+++ b/src/controllers/categories.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 var async = require('async');
 var nconf = require('nconf');
-var validator = require('validator');
 
 var categories = require('../categories');
 var meta = require('../meta');