diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
index d48ef8a86b3..b7192042b9c 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ 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: