diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femtools/femutils.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femtools/femutils.py
index ed376a58e4..64951cb3c7 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femtools/femutils.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femtools/femutils.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ __url__ = "https://www.freecadweb.org"
 
 import os
 import subprocess
-import sys
 from platform import system
 
 import FreeCAD