diff --git a/apscheduler/jobstores/rethinkdb.py b/apscheduler/jobstores/rethinkdb.py
index d8a78cd..1e677c6 100644
--- a/apscheduler/jobstores/rethinkdb.py
+++ b/apscheduler/jobstores/rethinkdb.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ except ImportError:  # pragma: nocover
     import pickle
 
 try:
-    from rethinkdb import RethinkDB
+    pass
+#    from rethinkdb import RethinkDB
 except ImportError:  # pragma: nocover
     raise ImportError('RethinkDBJobStore requires rethinkdb installed')