diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py b/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py
index 40506c90f3295..0517485888b38 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/indexing/test_where.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
-from pandas._config import using_string_dtype
-
 from pandas.core.dtypes.common import is_scalar
 
 import pandas as pd