diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-kms/src/v1/key_management_service_client.ts b/packages/google-cloud-kms/src/v1/key_management_service_client.ts
index d443c7a1a9d..ab432761b7d 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-kms/src/v1/key_management_service_client.ts
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-kms/src/v1/key_management_service_client.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import {
   IamClient,
   IamProtos,
 } from 'google-gax';
-import * as path from 'path';
 
 import {Transform} from 'stream';
 import {RequestType} from 'google-gax/build/src/apitypes';