diff --git a/spacy/syntax/ner.pxd b/spacy/syntax/ner.pxd
index 3687bbb27..0e3403230 100644
--- a/spacy/syntax/ner.pxd
+++ b/spacy/syntax/ner.pxd
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from .transition_system cimport TransitionSystem
 from .transition_system cimport Transition
-from ._state cimport State
 from ..gold cimport GoldParseC
 
 
diff --git a/spacy/syntax/ner.pyx b/spacy/syntax/ner.pyx
index c27bae1f2..4a47a20a8 100644
--- a/spacy/syntax/ner.pyx
+++ b/spacy/syntax/ner.pyx
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from ._state cimport State
-
 from .transition_system cimport Transition
 from .transition_system cimport do_func_t
 
diff --git a/spacy/syntax/parser.pxd b/spacy/syntax/parser.pxd
index 1b4bf15fd..103ff9c02 100644
--- a/spacy/syntax/parser.pxd
+++ b/spacy/syntax/parser.pxd
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ from .._ml cimport Model
 from .arc_eager cimport TransitionSystem
 
 from ..tokens cimport Tokens, TokenC
-from ._state cimport State
-
 
 
 cdef class Parser: