diff --git a/radicale/storage.py b/radicale/storage.py
index e5ced8fb..bbc15f5e 100644
--- a/radicale/storage.py
+++ b/radicale/storage.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import errno
 import json
 import os
 import posixpath
-import shutil
 import stat
 import threading
 import time