diff --git a/wx/svg/_nanosvg.pyx b/wx/svg/_nanosvg.pyx
index cda04d5ca..d1cae1aa9 100644
--- a/wx/svg/_nanosvg.pyx
+++ b/wx/svg/_nanosvg.pyx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ for manipulating the SVG shape info in memory.
 
 import sys
 
-cimport cython.object
+
 from cpython.buffer cimport (
     Py_buffer, PyObject_CheckBuffer, PyObject_GetBuffer, PyBUF_SIMPLE,
     PyBuffer_Release)