diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py
index 6bc5aa80079..e27a36d4644 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_py.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from glob import glob
 
 from distutils.core import Command
 from distutils.errors import *
-from distutils.util import mkpath, copy_file
 
 
 class BuildPy (Command):