diff --git a/scanpy/tests/external/test_scrublet.py b/scanpy/tests/external/test_scrublet.py
index aac196bc47..095478b523 100644
--- a/scanpy/tests/external/test_scrublet.py
+++ b/scanpy/tests/external/test_scrublet.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import pandas as pd
 import anndata as ad
 from scanpy.get import _get_obs_rep
-import scrublet as sl
 import numpy as np
 import scanpy.preprocessing as pp
 import scipy.sparse as sparse