diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/diffusionmap.py b/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/diffusionmap.py
index 6bdad382315..e8eaa194a25 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/diffusionmap.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/analysis/diffusionmap.py
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@
 
 import logging
 import numpy as np
-from deco import *
 import MDAnalysis.lib.qcprot as qcp
 from six.moves import range
 from .base import AnalysisBase