diff --git a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
index 605e95dfb2f..d57b915911e 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ def get_config_vars(*args):
     """
     global _config_vars
     if _config_vars is None:
-        from pprint import pprint
         func = globals().get("_init_" + os.name)
         if func:
             func()