diff --git a/src/sage/rings/number_field/number_field_element.pyx b/src/sage/rings/number_field/number_field_element.pyx
index c1871c04a5c..13a0018b4ee 100644
--- a/src/sage/rings/number_field/number_field_element.pyx
+++ b/src/sage/rings/number_field/number_field_element.pyx
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ import sage.rings.rational_field
 import sage.rings.rational
 import sage.rings.integer_ring
 import sage.rings.integer
-from sage.rings.real_mpfr import RealField
 
 from sage.arith.power cimport generic_power
 from sage.rings.real_mpfi cimport RealIntervalFieldElement