diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/appsembler/sites/tasks.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/appsembler/sites/tasks.py
index b53d3dff4eb4..09e3fd11cfa1 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/appsembler/sites/tasks.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/appsembler/sites/tasks.py
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 import tarfile
 import datetime
 
-from backports.tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
-from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile, TemporaryDirectory
 
 from celery.task import task
 from celery.utils.log import get_task_logger
diff --git a/requirements/edx/appsembler.txt b/requirements/edx/appsembler.txt
index 8d30ec7cca3f..ac45e8170e65 100644
--- a/requirements/edx/appsembler.txt
+++ b/requirements/edx/appsembler.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ dj-database-url==0.5.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.3
 django-hijack==2.1.10
 django-hijack-admin==2.1.10
-backports.tempfile==1.0
 honeycomb-beeline==2.12.1