diff --git a/bigchaindb/backend/__init__.py b/bigchaindb/backend/__init__.py
index d8a7540d..e69de29b 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/backend/__init__.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/backend/__init__.py
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-from bigchaindb.backend.connection import Connection  # noqa