diff --git a/docs/en/docs/contributing.md b/docs/en/docs/contributing.md
index cd87faa4e..9ef6e22c8 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/contributing.md
@@ -163,20 +163,6 @@ It will also auto-sort all your imports.
 
 For it to sort them correctly, you need to have FastAPI installed locally in your environment, with the command in the section above using `--symlink` (or `--pth-file` on Windows).
 
-### Format imports
-
-There is another script that formats all the imports and makes sure you don't have unused imports:
-
-<div class="termy">
-
-```console
-$ bash scripts/format-imports.sh
-```
-
-</div>
-
-As it runs one command after the other and modifies and reverts many files, it takes a bit longer to run, so it might be easier to use `scripts/format.sh` frequently and `scripts/format-imports.sh` only before committing.
-
 ## Docs
 
 First, make sure you set up your environment as described above, that will install all the requirements.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 06802aba9..5b6b272a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ doc = [
 dev = [
     "python-jose[cryptography] >=3.3.0,<4.0.0",
     "passlib[bcrypt] >=1.7.2,<2.0.0",
-    "autoflake >=1.3.1,<2.0.0",
+    "autoflake >=1.4.0,<2.0.0",
     "flake8 >=3.8.3,<4.0.0",
     "uvicorn[standard] >=0.12.0,<0.16.0",
     # TODO: remove in the next major version
diff --git a/scripts/format-imports.sh b/scripts/format-imports.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1fe193b97..000000000
--- a/scripts/format-imports.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-set -x
-
-# Sort imports one per line, so autoflake can remove unused imports
-isort fastapi tests docs_src scripts --force-single-line-imports
-sh ./scripts/format.sh