diff --git a/mesonbuild/mcompile.py b/mesonbuild/mcompile.py
index 51a555581..e4576239b 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mcompile.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mcompile.py
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
 
 """Entrypoint script for backend agnostic compile."""
 
-import os
-import shutil
 import sys
 import typing as T
 from pathlib import Path