diff --git a/qiskit/quantum_info/operators/symplectic/sparse_pauli_op.py b/qiskit/quantum_info/operators/symplectic/sparse_pauli_op.py
index 0c0c40a40c03..a0ef4d91536d 100644
--- a/qiskit/quantum_info/operators/symplectic/sparse_pauli_op.py
+++ b/qiskit/quantum_info/operators/symplectic/sparse_pauli_op.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 from qiskit.quantum_info.operators.operator import Operator
 from qiskit.quantum_info.operators.symplectic.pauli import BasePauli
 from qiskit.quantum_info.operators.symplectic.pauli_list import PauliList
-from qiskit.quantum_info.operators.symplectic.pauli_utils import pauli_basis
 from qiskit.quantum_info.operators.symplectic.pauli import Pauli