diff --git a/tokio/src/task/join_set.rs b/tokio/src/task/join_set.rs
index beacf682f63..858234cf6a2 100644
--- a/tokio/src/task/join_set.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/task/join_set.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 //! details.
 use std::fmt;
 use std::future::Future;
-use std::io;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 
@@ -378,7 +377,7 @@ impl<'a, T: 'static> Builder<'a, T> {
     ///
     /// [`AbortHandle`]: crate::task::AbortHandle
     #[track_caller]
-    pub fn spawn<F>(self, future: F) -> io::Result<AbortHandle>
+    pub fn spawn<F>(self, future: F) -> std::io::Result<AbortHandle>
     where
         F: Future<Output = T>,
         F: Send + 'static,
@@ -398,7 +397,7 @@ impl<'a, T: 'static> Builder<'a, T> {
     /// [`AbortHandle`]: crate::task::AbortHandle
     /// [runtime handle]: crate::runtime::Handle
     #[track_caller]
-    pub fn spawn_on<F>(mut self, future: F, handle: &Handle) -> io::Result<AbortHandle>
+    pub fn spawn_on<F>(mut self, future: F, handle: &Handle) -> std::io::Result<AbortHandle>
     where
         F: Future<Output = T>,
         F: Send + 'static,
@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ impl<'a, T: 'static> Builder<'a, T> {
     /// [`LocalSet`]: crate::task::LocalSet
     /// [`AbortHandle`]: crate::task::AbortHandle
     #[track_caller]
-    pub fn spawn_local<F>(self, future: F) -> io::Result<AbortHandle>
+    pub fn spawn_local<F>(self, future: F) -> std::io::Result<AbortHandle>
     where
         F: Future<Output = T>,
         F: 'static,
@@ -439,7 +438,7 @@ impl<'a, T: 'static> Builder<'a, T> {
     /// [`LocalSet`]: crate::task::LocalSet
     /// [`AbortHandle`]: crate::task::AbortHandle
     #[track_caller]
-    pub fn spawn_local_on<F>(self, future: F, local_set: &LocalSet) -> io::Result<AbortHandle>
+    pub fn spawn_local_on<F>(self, future: F, local_set: &LocalSet) -> std::io::Result<AbortHandle>
     where
         F: Future<Output = T>,
         F: 'static,