diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
index 690bd66f2c4..c13dbbf8953 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/sdist.py
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 from warnings import warn
 
 from distutils.core import Command
-from distutils import dir_util, dep_util, file_util, archive_util
+from distutils import dir_util
+from distutils import file_util
+from distutils import archive_util
 from distutils.text_file import TextFile
 from distutils.filelist import FileList
 from distutils import log