diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/string_casting.pyx b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/string_casting.pyx
index 76c862a8657..d9595f4ab0a 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/string_casting.pyx
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/_lib/string_casting.pyx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from cudf._lib.scalar import as_device_scalar
 from cudf._lib.types import SUPPORTED_NUMPY_TO_LIBCUDF_TYPES
 
 from libcpp.memory cimport unique_ptr
-from libcpp.string cimport string
 from libcpp.utility cimport move
 
 from pylibcudf.libcudf.column.column cimport column