diff --git a/opentrafficshaper/POE/Filter/TCStatistics.pm b/opentrafficshaper/POE/Filter/TCStatistics.pm
index fc819edce61501b0d161d4860ed0cca3f8301e68..47d680055ab51415687c7bc90f6be1ba379e99d8 100644
--- a/opentrafficshaper/POE/Filter/TCStatistics.pm
+++ b/opentrafficshaper/POE/Filter/TCStatistics.pm
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ package POE::Filter::TCStatistics;
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 
-use bytes;
-
 use POE::Filter;
 
 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA);