diff --git a/examples/sanic_aiomysql_with_global_pool.py b/examples/sanic_aiomysql_with_global_pool.py
index 012aeb61..df3db8f4 100644
--- a/examples/sanic_aiomysql_with_global_pool.py
+++ b/examples/sanic_aiomysql_with_global_pool.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import asyncio
 import os
 
 import aiomysql
-import uvloop
 from sanic import Sanic
 from sanic.response import json