diff --git a/examples/sanic_asyncpg_example.py b/examples/sanic_asyncpg_example.py
index 9817ff57..142480e1 100644
--- a/examples/sanic_asyncpg_example.py
+++ b/examples/sanic_asyncpg_example.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import asyncio
 
 import uvloop
 from asyncpg import create_pool
-import sqlalchemy as sa
 
 from sanic import Sanic
 from sanic.response import json