diff --git a/modules/compiler_vm/languages/_c_base.pm b/modules/compiler_vm/languages/_c_base.pm
index ad176495..d823325e 100755
--- a/modules/compiler_vm/languages/_c_base.pm
+++ b/modules/compiler_vm/languages/_c_base.pm
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ package _c_base;
 use parent '_default';
 
 use Text::Balanced qw/extract_bracketed/;
-use Text::ParseWords qw/shellwords/;
 
 sub initialize {
   my ($self, %conf) = @_;