diff --git a/tools/roscreate/src/roscreate/roscreatestack.py b/tools/roscreate/src/roscreate/roscreatestack.py
index af7a3dbc..c96ab2de 100644
--- a/tools/roscreate/src/roscreate/roscreatestack.py
+++ b/tools/roscreate/src/roscreate/roscreatestack.py
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ code API of this module is *not* stable.
 """
 
 from __future__ import print_function
-import roslib; roslib.load_manifest('roscreate')
 
 NAME='roscreate-stack'