diff --git a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/imports.rs b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/imports.rs
index b741dd9b5da5..788fed013ad2 100644
--- a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/imports.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/imports.rs
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ impl UseSegment {
         modsep: bool,
     ) -> Option<UseSegment> {
         let name = rewrite_ident(context, path_seg.ident);
-        if name.is_empty() || name == "{{root}}" {
+        if name.is_empty() {
             return None;
         }
         let kind = match name {