diff --git a/tests/containers.py b/tests/containers.py
index e437ae73a1784baf4cde8554544e9b734cd58dbe..36b05c20a9a568fd03c7cca49f464f61eacceb0b 100755
--- a/tests/containers.py
+++ b/tests/containers.py
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ import logging
 import os
 import shutil
 import struct
-import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest