diff --git a/Lib/_pyio.py b/Lib/_pyio.py
index 40df79d3452b..d0947f06d518 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyio.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyio.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import os
 import abc
 import codecs
 import errno
-import array
 import stat
 import sys
 # Import _thread instead of threading to reduce startup cost