diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
index 31b15d0ff..b0dc161c3 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 import os
 import re
-import sys
 import stat
 import shlex
 import shutil