diff --git a/tools/scripts/ath10k/ath10k-check b/tools/scripts/ath10k/ath10k-check
index 4f1dd1b..dcae27d 100755
--- a/tools/scripts/ath10k/ath10k-check
+++ b/tools/scripts/ath10k/ath10k-check
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import queue
 import threading
 import string
 import hashlib
-import distutils.spawn
 
 CHECKPATCH_COMMIT = '99b70ece33d87500ef7bee8e32cb99772c45ce14'