diff --git a/adodbapi/test/adodbapitest.py b/adodbapi/test/adodbapitest.py
index 61ec02059..1e4d958c9 100644
--- a/adodbapi/test/adodbapitest.py
+++ b/adodbapi/test/adodbapitest.py
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@
 import adodbapi
 import adodbapi.apibase as api
 
-try:
-    import adodbapi.ado_consts as ado_consts
-except ImportError:  # we are doing a shortcut import as a module -- so
-    try:
-        import ado_consts
-    except ImportError:
-        from adodbapi import ado_consts
-
 
 def randomstring(length):
     return "".join([random.choice(string.ascii_letters) for n in range(32)])