diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/test_files.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/test_files.py
index 489cc95d1d6fa5..fe597d72422f83 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/test_files.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/resources/test_files.py
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ def test_implicit_files_zip_submodule(self):
         """
         Special test for gh-121735 for Python 3.12.
         """
-        import os
         import zipfile
 
         def create_zip_from_directory(source_dir, zip_filename):