diff --git a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/configurator.py b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/configurator.py
index c8c0f59a2..f7ad9983f 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/configurator.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/certbot_apache/_internal/configurator.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import fnmatch
 import logging
 import re
 import socket
-import subprocess
 import time
 
 import six
diff --git a/certbot-apache/tests/configurator_test.py b/certbot-apache/tests/configurator_test.py
index 71bd221cb..3cda7a771 100644
--- a/certbot-apache/tests/configurator_test.py
+++ b/certbot-apache/tests/configurator_test.py
@@ -1790,8 +1790,7 @@ class InstallSslOptionsConfTest(util.ApacheTest):
                             "Constants.ALL_SSL_OPTIONS_HASHES must be appended with the sha256 "
                             "hash of {0} when it is updated.".format(one_file))
 
-    @mock.patch("certbot_apache._internal.configurator.subprocess.Popen")
-    def test_openssl_version(self, mock_popen):
+    def test_openssl_version(self):
         some_string_contents = """
             SSLOpenSSLConfCmd
             OpenSSL configuration command