diff --git a/Lib/signal.py b/Lib/signal.py
index d4a6d6fe2ada8b..a8a68196b34818 100644
--- a/Lib/signal.py
+++ b/Lib/signal.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import _signal
 from _signal import *
 from functools import wraps as _wraps
 from enum import IntEnum as _IntEnum