diff --git a/qcodes/utils/dataset/doNd.py b/qcodes/utils/dataset/doNd.py
index 458300f1653..34756dffbc7 100644
--- a/qcodes/utils/dataset/doNd.py
+++ b/qcodes/utils/dataset/doNd.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib
-import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
 from qcodes.dataset.data_set import DataSet
 from qcodes.dataset.measurements import Measurement, res_type