diff --git a/ignite/contrib/handlers/neptune_logger.py b/ignite/contrib/handlers/neptune_logger.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/ignite/contrib/handlers/neptune_logger.py
+++ b/ignite/contrib/handlers/neptune_logger.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import torch
 import torch.nn as nn
 from torch.optim import Optimizer
 
-import ignite
 import ignite.distributed as idist
 from ignite.contrib.handlers.base_logger import (
     BaseLogger,
remove unused imports in contrib/handlers (#<I>)