--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ def import_(ui, repo, patch1, *patches,
d = opts["base"]
strip = opts["strip"]
- quiet = ui.quiet and "> /dev/null" or ""
for patch in patches:
ui.status("applying %s\n" % patch)