diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
index 6b6811c86f..2fff642eef 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_tasks.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 
-from backports.tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 import fcntl
 from unittest import mock
 import pytest