diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/management/commands/import.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/management/commands/import.py
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--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/management/commands/import.py
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@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Script for importing courseware from XML format
-"""
-
-
-from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-
-from openedx.core.djangoapps.django_comment_common.utils import are_permissions_roles_seeded, seed_permissions_roles
-from xmodule.contentstore.django import contentstore  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
-from xmodule.modulestore import ModuleStoreEnum  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
-from xmodule.modulestore.django import modulestore  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
-from xmodule.modulestore.xml_importer import import_course_from_xml  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
-from xmodule.util.sandboxing import DEFAULT_PYTHON_LIB_FILENAME  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=wrong-import-order
-
-
-class Command(BaseCommand):
-    """
-    Import the specified data directory into the default ModuleStore
-    """
-    help = 'Import the specified data directory into the default ModuleStore.'
-
-    def add_arguments(self, parser):
-        parser.add_argument('data_directory')
-        parser.add_argument('course_dirs',
-                            nargs='*',
-                            metavar='course_dir')
-        parser.add_argument('--nostatic',
-                            action='store_true',
-                            help='Skip import of static content')
-        parser.add_argument('--nopythonlib',
-                            action='store_true',
-                            help=(
-                                'Skip import of course python library if it exists '
-                                '(NOTE: If the static content import is not skipped, the python library '
-                                'will be imported and this flag will be ignored)'
-                            ))
-        parser.add_argument('--python-lib-filename',
-                            default=DEFAULT_PYTHON_LIB_FILENAME,
-                            help='Filename of the course code library (if it exists)')
-
-    def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        data_dir = options['data_directory']
-        source_dirs = options['course_dirs']
-        if not source_dirs:
-            source_dirs = None
-        do_import_static = not options.get('nostatic', False)
-        # If the static content is not skipped, the python lib should be imported regardless
-        # of the 'nopythonlib' flag.
-        do_import_python_lib = do_import_static or not options.get('nopythonlib', False)
-        python_lib_filename = options.get('python_lib_filename')
-
-        output = (
-            "Importing...\n"
-            "    data_dir={data}, source_dirs={courses}\n"
-            "    Importing static content? {import_static}\n"
-            "    Importing python lib? {import_python_lib}"
-        ).format(
-            data=data_dir,
-            courses=source_dirs,
-            import_static=do_import_static,
-            import_python_lib=do_import_python_lib
-        )
-        self.stdout.write(output)
-        mstore = modulestore()
-
-        course_items = import_course_from_xml(
-            mstore, ModuleStoreEnum.UserID.mgmt_command, data_dir, source_dirs, load_error_blocks=False,
-            static_content_store=contentstore(), verbose=True,
-            do_import_static=do_import_static, do_import_python_lib=do_import_python_lib,
-            create_if_not_present=True,
-            python_lib_filename=python_lib_filename,
-        )
-
-        for course in course_items:
-            course_id = course.id
-            if not are_permissions_roles_seeded(course_id):
-                self.stdout.write(f'Seeding forum roles for course {course_id}\n')
-                seed_permissions_roles(course_id)