diff --git a/doc/generate_manpages.py b/doc/generate_manpages.py
index 917b16447..a8c40f754 100644
--- a/doc/generate_manpages.py
+++ b/doc/generate_manpages.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ Pages are stored in OUTPUT_DIR
 
 import os
 import yaml
-import subprocess
 
 from datetime import date
 from collections import OrderedDict