diff --git a/aider/versioncheck.py b/aider/versioncheck.py
index a9ed3142e..4c74ca81a 100644
--- a/aider/versioncheck.py
+++ b/aider/versioncheck.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import os
-import shlex
 import sys
 import time
 from pathlib import Path