diff --git a/conda_build/build.py b/conda_build/build.py
index 2763eada25..1f1fa69669 100644
--- a/conda_build/build.py
+++ b/conda_build/build.py
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 from .conda_interface import url_path
 from .conda_interface import root_dir
 from .conda_interface import conda_private
-from .conda_interface import dist_str_in_index
 from .conda_interface import MatchSpec
 from .conda_interface import reset_context
 from .conda_interface import context
diff --git a/conda_build/conda_interface.py b/conda_build/conda_interface.py
index b3d5f5a96a..2b2a3f7757 100644
--- a/conda_build/conda_interface.py
+++ b/conda_build/conda_interface.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ def try_exports(module, attr):
 from conda.exports import (PY3,  StringIO, input, iteritems, lchmod, string_types,  # NOQA
                           text_type, TemporaryDirectory)  # NOQA
 from conda.exports import VersionOrder  # NOQA
-from conda.exports import dist_str_in_index  # NOQA
 
 
 TmpDownload = TmpDownload
@@ -78,7 +77,6 @@ def try_exports(module, attr):
 PY3, input, iteritems, lchmod, string_types = PY3, input, iteritems, lchmod, string_types
 text_type, TemporaryDirectory = text_type, TemporaryDirectory
 ArgumentParser, CondaSession, VersionOrder = ArgumentParser, CondaSession, VersionOrder
-dist_str_in_index = dist_str_in_index
 
 
 from conda.core.package_cache import ProgressiveFetchExtract  # NOQA