diff --git a/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/utils.py b/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/utils.py
index 6cfa8f7d7..316517ee4 100644
--- a/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/utils.py
+++ b/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/utils.py
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import os
 import sys
 import re
 
-import packaging.version
-
 
 # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
 class Color: