diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6873-proxmox-imports.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6873-proxmox-imports.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..33d4ae9273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6873-proxmox-imports.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+removed_features:
+  - proxmox module utils - removed unused imports (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6873).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py b/plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py
index bb3912d1bb..4884dbdc20 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/proxmox.py
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 __metaclass__ = type
 
-# (TODO: remove next line!)
-import atexit  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
-# (TODO: remove next line!)
-import time  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
-# (TODO: remove next line!)
-import re  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 import traceback
 
 PROXMOXER_IMP_ERR = None
@@ -26,8 +20,6 @@ except ImportError:
 
 
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import env_fallback, missing_required_lib
-# (TODO: remove next line!)
-from ansible.module_utils.common.text.converters import to_native  # noqa: F401, pylint: disable=unused-import
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion