diff --git a/src/pretix/_build.py b/src/pretix/_build.py
index 92b6a2dd19..3b6baa7e34 100644
--- a/src/pretix/_build.py
+++ b/src/pretix/_build.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #
 
 import os
-import shutil
 import subprocess
 
 from setuptools.command.build import build