diff --git a/bitsandbytes/__init__.py b/bitsandbytes/__init__.py
index e7eb6af6f..3f0db3536 100644
--- a/bitsandbytes/__init__.py
+++ b/bitsandbytes/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 if COMPILED_WITH_CUDA:
     from .optim import adam
-    from .backends import register_backend, backends
+    from .backends import register_backend
     from .backends.cuda import CUDABackend
     register_backend("cuda", CUDABackend())
 __pdoc__ = {