diff --git a/tests/specialops/tnewseq.nim b/tests/specialops/tnewseq.nim
index 970a5a8c29..357b1a25df 100644
--- a/tests/specialops/tnewseq.nim
+++ b/tests/specialops/tnewseq.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # issue #6981
 
-import std/assertions
-
 {.experimental: "callOperator".}
 
 block: # issue #6981