diff --git a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/update.py b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/update.py
index 7fae6c604183..c64e00a3813f 100755
--- a/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/update.py
+++ b/pkgs/tools/inputmethods/fcitx5/update.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #!nix-shell -i python3 -p nix-update nix-prefetch-github python3Packages.requests
 
 from nix_prefetch_github import *
-import json
 import requests
 import subprocess