diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/known_hosts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/known_hosts.py
index 8d4b226f8ee..ea2b1a4159d 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/known_hosts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/known_hosts.py
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ import re
 import tempfile
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-from ansible.module_utils.common.file import FileLock
 from ansible.module_utils._text import to_bytes, to_native