diff --git a/cli/args/deno_json.rs b/cli/args/deno_json.rs
index 892062f1920a84..c2ba31fd36f622 100644
--- a/cli/args/deno_json.rs
+++ b/cli/args/deno_json.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 
 use deno_config::deno_json::TsConfigForEmit;
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@ impl<'a> deno_config::fs::DenoConfigFs for DenoConfigFsAdapter<'a> {
   fn read_to_string_lossy(
     &self,
     path: &std::path::Path,
-  ) -> Result<Cow<'static, str>, std::io::Error> {
+  ) -> Result<std::borrow::Cow<'static, str>, std::io::Error> {
     self
       .0
       .read_text_file_lossy_sync(path, None)