diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/__init__.py b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/__init__.py
index 727585c4fd6..b6e35378c44 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/plotly/__init__.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/plotly/__init__.py
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@
             ".io",
             ".data",
             ".colors",
-            ".express",
         ],
         [".version.__version__"],
     )
diff --git a/packages/python/plotly/test_init/test_lazy_imports.py b/packages/python/plotly/test_init/test_lazy_imports.py
index 06b54ce8fd8..96ec66d9566 100644
--- a/packages/python/plotly/test_init/test_lazy_imports.py
+++ b/packages/python/plotly/test_init/test_lazy_imports.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def test_lazy_imports():
 
     # Check that submodules are not auto-imported, but can be be accessed using
     # attribute syntax
-    submodules = ["graph_objs", "io", "express"]
+    submodules = ["graph_objs", "io"]
     for m in submodules:
         module_str = "plotly." + m
         assert module_str not in sys.modules