diff --git a/src/pystencils_autodiff/backends/astnodes.py b/src/pystencils_autodiff/backends/astnodes.py
index 3d56e61c3718c41e032c08ee47680c9653de1142..278b05c803f95c538bb6f94b0ea729ee1e91413a 100644
--- a/src/pystencils_autodiff/backends/astnodes.py
+++ b/src/pystencils_autodiff/backends/astnodes.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import sys
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from os.path import dirname, exists, join
 
-import pystencils
 from pystencils.astnodes import FieldPointerSymbol, FieldShapeSymbol, FieldStrideSymbol
 from pystencils.cpu.cpujit import get_cache_config
 from pystencils_autodiff._file_io import read_template_from_file, write_file