diff --git a/mne/tests/test_epochs.py b/mne/tests/test_epochs.py
index ff8ba09cff7..dbfb4861731 100644
--- a/mne/tests/test_epochs.py
+++ b/mne/tests/test_epochs.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #
 # License: BSD-3-Clause
 
-import os
 import pickle
 from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import timedelta