diff --git a/pylint/config/__init__.py b/pylint/config/__init__.py
index 1b7b142067b..f6eaaf25736 100644
--- a/pylint/config/__init__.py
+++ b/pylint/config/__init__.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 # For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/main/LICENSE
 
 import os
-import pathlib
 import pickle
 import sys
 from datetime import datetime