diff --git a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_timer.pl b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_timer.pl
index d8b6953fb46..326fbea74ec 100644
--- a/mysql-test/lib/mtr_timer.pl
+++ b/mysql-test/lib/mtr_timer.pl
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 # and is part of the translation of the Bourne shell script with the
 # same name.
 
-use Socket;
 use Errno;
 use strict;