diff --git a/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py b/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
index 1889d808..2afd103b 100755
--- a/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
+++ b/optional/fetchmail/fetchmail.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-import distutils.util
+
 import time
 import os
 import tempfile