diff --git a/dist/mv3/chromium/publish-beta.py b/dist/mv3/chromium/publish-beta.py
index d635a9613..0c77f6dd9 100755
--- a/dist/mv3/chromium/publish-beta.py
+++ b/dist/mv3/chromium/publish-beta.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 import zipfile
 
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
 from string import Template
 
 # - Download target (raw) uBOLite_*.chromium.mv3.zip from GitHub