diff --git a/beets/ui/__init__.py b/beets/ui/__init__.py
index b80a7fe17..d34ff9971 100644
--- a/beets/ui/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/ui/__init__.py
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@ if sys.platform == 'win32':
     else:
         colorama.init()
 
-# On Unix-like platforms, use readline to make prompts more usable.
-try:
-    import readline
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-else:
-    readline  # Silence pyflakes "unused import" warning.
-
 
 # Constants.
 CONFIG_PATH_VAR = 'BEETSCONFIG'
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 79874180d..f1a327714 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ Changelog
 * When the autotagger fails to find a match, it now displays the number of
   tracks on the album (to help you guess what might be going wrong) and a link
   to the FAQ.
-* Readline is now used when available to provide nicer terminal input.
 * The default filename character substitutions were changed to be more
   conservative. The Windows "reserved characters" are substituted by default
   even on Unix platforms (this causes less surprise when using Samba shares to