diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
index 79559823fb4154..08e8529b858247 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ def _flush_std_streams():
 
 def spawnv_passfds(path, args, passfds):
     import _posixsubprocess
-    import subprocess
     passfds = tuple(sorted(map(int, passfds)))
     errpipe_read, errpipe_write = os.pipe()
     try: