diff --git a/selfdrive/boardd/boardd_setup.py b/selfdrive/boardd/boardd_setup.py
index f8b43ee3a5..4b08590183 100644
--- a/selfdrive/boardd/boardd_setup.py
+++ b/selfdrive/boardd/boardd_setup.py
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 from distutils.core import Extension, setup
-
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
 
 from common.cython_hacks import BuildExtWithoutPlatformSuffix
-from common.basedir import BASEDIR
-import os
-
-PHONELIBS = os.path.join(BASEDIR, 'phonelibs')
 
 libraries = ['can_list_to_can_capnp', 'capnp', 'kj']