diff --git a/pandas/core/apply.py b/pandas/core/apply.py
index 102c457f94a95..9c223d66b727b 100644
--- a/pandas/core/apply.py
+++ b/pandas/core/apply.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 from pandas._config import option_context
 
-from pandas._libs import reduction as libreduction
 from pandas._typing import Axis
 from pandas.util._decorators import cache_readonly