diff --git a/xcp/cpiofile.py b/xcp/cpiofile.py
index bb681dfc..d7ddd7b4 100755
--- a/xcp/cpiofile.py
+++ b/xcp/cpiofile.py
@@ -278,10 +278,6 @@ def __init__(self, name, mode, comptype, fileobj, bufsize):
                 self._init_write_gz()
 
         if comptype == "bz2":
-            try:
-                import bz2
-            except ImportError:
-                raise CompressionError("bz2 module is not available")
             if mode == "r":
                 self.dbuf = b""
                 self.cmp = bz2.BZ2Decompressor()
@@ -561,7 +557,6 @@ def __init__(self, fileobj, mode):
         self.init()
 
     def init(self):
-        import bz2
         self.pos = 0
         if self.mode == "r":
             self.cmpobj = bz2.BZ2Decompressor()
@@ -1106,11 +1101,6 @@ def bz2open(cls, name, mode="r", fileobj=None, compresslevel=9):
         if len(mode) > 1 or mode not in "rw":
             raise ValueError("mode must be 'r' or 'w'.")
 
-        try:
-            import bz2
-        except ImportError:
-            raise CompressionError("bz2 module is not available")
-
         if fileobj is not None:
             fileobj = _BZ2Proxy(fileobj, mode)
         else: