diff --git a/codegen/service/example_svc.go b/codegen/service/example_svc.go
index 4d8cc7c40d..17a6eb150d 100644
--- a/codegen/service/example_svc.go
+++ b/codegen/service/example_svc.go
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ func exampleServiceFile(genpkg string, _ *expr.RootExpr, svc *expr.ServiceExpr,
 	specs := []*codegen.ImportSpec{
 		{Path: "io"},
 		{Path: "context"},
-		{Path: "log"},
 		{Path: "fmt"},
 		{Path: "strings"},
 		{Path: path.Join(genpkg, svcName), Name: data.PkgName},