diff --git a/synapseclient/api/annotations.py b/synapseclient/api/annotations.py
index 14b5b5afb..34ebc4f7b 100644
--- a/synapseclient/api/annotations.py
+++ b/synapseclient/api/annotations.py
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
 from synapseclient import Synapse
-import httpx
-
-client = httpx.AsyncClient()
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from synapseclient.models import Annotations