diff --git a/Control/AthenaCommon/python/ChapPy.py b/Control/AthenaCommon/python/ChapPy.py
index dfa81fd723794888e8fe9f7b2477a8c5b1e3e3d1..2a11b1bf555cf21f8f56f01cd25eea294726dcc0 100755
--- a/Control/AthenaCommon/python/ChapPy.py
+++ b/Control/AthenaCommon/python/ChapPy.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ def dump( buf, stdout = sys.stdout ):
     fname = None
     if isinstance(buf, str):
         fname = buf
-    from builtins import file
     if six.PY3:
         import io
         file = io.IOBase # noqa: F811