diff --git a/scripts/spec_xml/generate_spec_xml.py b/scripts/spec_xml/generate_spec_xml.py
index 62dd872879c42f..115dfd8b62fcb3 100755
--- a/scripts/spec_xml/generate_spec_xml.py
+++ b/scripts/spec_xml/generate_spec_xml.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import glob
 import os
 import subprocess
-import sys
 
 import click