diff --git a/IPython/utils/tests/test_module_paths.py b/IPython/utils/tests/test_module_paths.py
index eed2d4c..01694a2 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/tests/test_module_paths.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/tests/test_module_paths.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 # Imports
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-import os
 import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ import IPython.utils.module_paths as mp
 
 import nose.tools as nt
 
-env = os.environ
 TEST_FILE_PATH = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
 
 TMP_TEST_DIR = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix="with.dot"))