diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py b/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py
index 3524355cbfc62a752cab2cde98773bb037c04150..73842066020778af34abdf7bd1643ec4403316e1 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_tests/setup.py
@@ -31,13 +31,9 @@
 
 import os
 import os.path
-import shutil
 import sys
 
-from distutils import core as _core
-from distutils import extension as _extension
 import setuptools
-from setuptools.command import egg_info
 
 import grpc.tools.command