diff --git a/azure-quantum/azure/quantum/qiskit/backends/ionq.py b/azure-quantum/azure/quantum/qiskit/backends/ionq.py
index abb8a8ca..ea9f009d 100644
--- a/azure-quantum/azure/quantum/qiskit/backends/ionq.py
+++ b/azure-quantum/azure/quantum/qiskit/backends/ionq.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 from .backend import (
     AzureBackend, 
     AzureQirBackend, 
-    QIR_BASIS_GATES,
     _get_shots_or_deprecated_count_input_param
 )