diff --git a/pynyaata/connectors/core.py b/pynyaata/connectors/core.py
index 193047a..e6b6fdd 100644
--- a/pynyaata/connectors/core.py
+++ b/pynyaata/connectors/core.py
@@ -72,11 +72,9 @@ ConnectorCache = Cache()
 
 
 def curl_content(url, params=None, ajax=False, debug=True):
-    from . import get_instance
     output = ''
     http_code = 500
     method = 'post' if (params is not None) else 'get'
-    instance = get_instance(url)
 
     if ajax:
         headers = {'User-Agent': 'YggRobot',