diff --git a/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/base.py b/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/base.py
index c4a1d49f926..d86704d5ac2 100644
--- a/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/base.py
+++ b/package/MDAnalysis/coordinates/base.py
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 import numbers
 import warnings
-from parmed.structure import Structure
 from typing import Any, Union, Optional, List, Dict
 
 from .timestep import Timestep