diff --git a/python/src/deltachat/_build.py b/python/src/deltachat/_build.py
index 7058fc09a..13dffc74d 100644
--- a/python/src/deltachat/_build.py
+++ b/python/src/deltachat/_build.py
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import textwrap
 import types
-from os.path import abspath
-from os.path import dirname as dn
 
 import cffi