diff --git a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/multi_polynomial_libsingular.pyx b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/multi_polynomial_libsingular.pyx
index 397553341de..7e957d0d257 100644
--- a/src/sage/rings/polynomial/multi_polynomial_libsingular.pyx
+++ b/src/sage/rings/polynomial/multi_polynomial_libsingular.pyx
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ from sage.structure.richcmp cimport rich_to_bool, richcmp
 from sage.structure.factorization import Factorization
 from sage.structure.sequence import Sequence
 
-from sage.interfaces.macaulay import macaulay2
 from sage.interfaces.singular import singular as singular_default, is_SingularElement, SingularElement
 from sage.interfaces.macaulay2 import macaulay2 as macaulay2_default, is_Macaulay2Element