diff --git a/anndata/_core/anndata_base.py b/anndata/_core/anndata_base.py
index ddd79cccd..0c113fed4 100644
--- a/anndata/_core/anndata_base.py
+++ b/anndata/_core/anndata_base.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from typing import Tuple
-import pandas as pd
 
-from .file_backing import AnnDataFileManager
 from ..utils import DeprecationMixinMeta