diff --git a/rbc/heavydb/remoteheavydb.py b/rbc/heavydb/remoteheavydb.py
index 919bc7e47..721944a78 100644
--- a/rbc/heavydb/remoteheavydb.py
+++ b/rbc/heavydb/remoteheavydb.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import configparser
 import numpy
 import textwrap
-import llvmlite.binding as llvm
 from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
 from rbc.remotejit import RemoteJIT, RemoteCallCapsule
 from rbc.thrift.utils import resolve_includes
diff --git a/rbc/tests/heavydb/test_heavydb.py b/rbc/tests/heavydb/test_heavydb.py
index f2248615f..ea331a997 100644
--- a/rbc/tests/heavydb/test_heavydb.py
+++ b/rbc/tests/heavydb/test_heavydb.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import itertools
 import os
 
-import llvmlite.binding as llvm
 import numpy as np
 import pytest