diff --git a/jupyter_core/paths.py b/jupyter_core/paths.py
index 56ad7c0..5a654ae 100644
--- a/jupyter_core/paths.py
+++ b/jupyter_core/paths.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import warnings
 
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-from ipython_genutils import py3compat
 
 pjoin = os.path.join
 
diff --git a/jupyter_core/tests/test_paths.py b/jupyter_core/tests/test_paths.py
index 3e15fee..cc86011 100644
--- a/jupyter_core/tests/test_paths.py
+++ b/jupyter_core/tests/test_paths.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     secure_write, is_hidden, is_file_hidden
 )
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-from ipython_genutils.testing.decorators import skip_if_not_win32, skip_win32
 from .mocking import darwin, windows, linux
 
 pjoin = os.path.join