diff --git a/src/pytom_tm/extract.py b/src/pytom_tm/extract.py
index 4fd9fda3..a8efebf1 100644
--- a/src/pytom_tm/extract.py
+++ b/src/pytom_tm/extract.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 plotting_available = False
 try:
-    import matplotlib
     import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
     import seaborn as sns
     sns.set(context='talk', style='ticks')