diff --git a/Lib/http/server.py b/Lib/http/server.py
index a6f7aecc78763f..a90c8d34c394db 100644
--- a/Lib/http/server.py
+++ b/Lib/http/server.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 import posixpath
 import select
 import shutil
-import socket # For gethostbyaddr()
+import socket
 import socketserver
 import sys
 import time