diff --git a/gget/__init__.py b/gget/__init__.py
index 0374be8d..68cc193d 100644
--- a/gget/__init__.py
+++ b/gget/__init__.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 from .gget_setup import setup
 from .gget_pdb import pdb
 from .gget_gpt import gpt
-from .gget_ref import ref
 from .gget_cellxgene import cellxgene
 
 import logging