diff --git a/distributed/cli/utils.py b/distributed/cli/utils.py
index f1f45d5a71d..fe4f0aa3f87 100644
--- a/distributed/cli/utils.py
+++ b/distributed/cli/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import logging
 import warnings
 
 from tornado.ioloop import IOLoop
@@ -9,8 +6,6 @@
     "the distributed.cli.utils module is deprecated", DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2
 )
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 def install_signal_handlers(loop=None, cleanup=None):
     """