diff --git a/vfs/vfs_test.go b/vfs/vfs_test.go
index f175e0efc..9ec3b3271 100644
--- a/vfs/vfs_test.go
+++ b/vfs/vfs_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/backend/all" // import all the backends
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fstest"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/vfs/vfscommon"