diff --git a/lib/ssconf.py b/lib/ssconf.py
index 187b05764d06321ad251a3111637f1de5c0ef857..bbc96062a26c779dca69da1076a1fbbd819b1f2b 100644
--- a/lib/ssconf.py
+++ b/lib/ssconf.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ configuration data, which is mostly static and available to all nodes.
 """
 
 import sys
-import re
 import os
 import errno
 
@@ -42,8 +41,6 @@ from ganeti import pathutils
 
 SSCONF_LOCK_TIMEOUT = 10
 
-RE_VALID_SSCONF_NAME = re.compile(r"^[-_a-z0-9]+$")
-
 
 class SimpleConfigReader(object):
   """Simple class to read configuration file.