diff --git a/jupyter_server/tests/test_utils.py b/jupyter_server/tests/test_utils.py
index 6cb8d5d04e..cf04d743e7 100644
--- a/jupyter_server/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/jupyter_server/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import patch
-import sys
 
 import pytest