diff --git a/test/python/primitives/test_backend_estimator.py b/test/python/primitives/test_backend_estimator.py
index 751c9c2f728a..2fcdd6212288 100644
--- a/test/python/primitives/test_backend_estimator.py
+++ b/test/python/primitives/test_backend_estimator.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 from qiskit.providers.fake_provider import FakeNairobi, FakeNairobiV2
 from qiskit.quantum_info import SparsePauliOp
 from qiskit.test import QiskitTestCase
-from qiskit.utils.optionals import HAS_AER
 
 BACKENDS = [FakeNairobi(), FakeNairobiV2()]