The import is unused and distutils is scheduled for removal in Python 3.12. So this can be safely removed.

python3.10             
Python 3.10.0b1 (default, May  6 2021, 02:44:57) [GCC 7.5.0] on linux
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>>> from distutils.file_util import copy_file
<stdin>:1: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives

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