diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/_runner.py b/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/_runner.py
index f0718573e2c3bdf8430a75f15ff73b8f43fc9061..81c6100feda6b9afa010f1b649c41d4d34f2b9cd 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/_runner.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/_runner.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import collections
-import fcntl
 import multiprocessing
 import os
 import select