diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
index 267c15846..3105300fb 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import glob
 import os
 import re
 import shlex
-import shutil
 import sysconfig
 
 from pathlib import Path