diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/volumes/fs/vol_spec.py b/src/pybind/mgr/volumes/fs/vol_spec.py
index 5ff983115c3..422359e03c9 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/volumes/fs/vol_spec.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/volumes/fs/vol_spec.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import os
-
 class VolSpec(object):
     """
     specification of a "volume" -- base directory and various prefixes.