diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index b3f1c98fc..9e5ed86af 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -56,6 +56,5 @@ exportMethods(dbWriteTable)
 exportMethods(show)
 import(DBI)
 import(methods)
-importFrom(DBI,dbConnect)
 importFrom(utils,head)
 useDynLib(duckdb, .registration = TRUE)
diff --git a/R/dbIsValid__duckdb_driver.R b/R/dbIsValid__duckdb_driver.R
index fafb069e5..fa324df23 100644
--- a/R/dbIsValid__duckdb_driver.R
+++ b/R/dbIsValid__duckdb_driver.R
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #' @rdname duckdb_driver-class
 #' @inheritParams DBI::dbIsValid
-#' @importFrom DBI dbConnect
 #' @usage NULL
 dbIsValid__duckdb_driver <- function(dbObj, ...) {
   valid <- FALSE