diff --git a/falcon/util/mediatypes.py b/falcon/util/mediatypes.py
index b72c52c5c..c80c7817c 100644
--- a/falcon/util/mediatypes.py
+++ b/falcon/util/mediatypes.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 import functools
 import math
-from typing import Dict, Iterable, Iterator, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Dict, Iterable, Iterator, Tuple
 
 from falcon import errors