diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 33dd6a4f7..11956b03e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 import sys
 import os
-import shlex
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the