diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
index a6ad88823a8..1286779b990 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/__init__.py
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ class Tk(Misc, Wm):
         # ensure that self.tk is always _something_.
         self.tk = None
         if baseName is None:
-            import sys, os
+            import os
             baseName = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
             baseName, ext = os.path.splitext(baseName)
             if ext not in ('.py', '.pyc', '.pyo'):