diff --git a/core/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py b/core/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py
index 1b49005a3be..1d9018446e5 100644
--- a/core/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py
+++ b/core/dbt/adapters/base/impl.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 from dbt.contracts.graph.manifest import Manifest, MacroManifest
 from dbt.contracts.graph.parsed import ParsedSeedNode
 from dbt.exceptions import warn_or_error
-from dbt.node_types import NodeType
 from dbt.logger import GLOBAL_LOGGER as logger
 from dbt.utils import filter_null_values, executor