diff --git a/src/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py b/src/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py
index 01f08eee8..4969b70e3 100644
--- a/src/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py
+++ b/src/pip/_vendor/urllib3/response.py
@@ -8,13 +8,7 @@
 from socket import error as SocketError
 from socket import timeout as SocketTimeout
 
-try:
-    try:
-        import brotlicffi as brotli
-    except ImportError:
-        import brotli
-except ImportError:
-    brotli = None
+brotli = None
 
 from . import util
 from ._collections import HTTPHeaderDict
diff --git a/src/pip/_vendor/urllib3/util/request.py b/src/pip/_vendor/urllib3/util/request.py
index b574b081e..330766ef4 100644
--- a/src/pip/_vendor/urllib3/util/request.py
+++ b/src/pip/_vendor/urllib3/util/request.py
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@
 SKIPPABLE_HEADERS = frozenset(["accept-encoding", "host", "user-agent"])
 
 ACCEPT_ENCODING = "gzip,deflate"
-try:
-    try:
-        import brotlicffi as _unused_module_brotli  # noqa: F401
-    except ImportError:
-        import brotli as _unused_module_brotli  # noqa: F401
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-else:
-    ACCEPT_ENCODING += ",br"
 
 _FAILEDTELL = object()