diff --git a/scripts/qemu.py b/scripts/qemu.py
index 9bfdf6d37d..65d9ad688c 100644
--- a/scripts/qemu.py
+++ b/scripts/qemu.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 import errno
 import logging
 import os
-import sys
 import subprocess
 import qmp.qmp