diff --git a/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/Fig5_ground_state.py b/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/Fig5_ground_state.py
index 651d8014ada9d3fddd5d27d1432c15f5e21b2a04..69eb01da782236c53f4b190cbbfba44f108b963f 100644
--- a/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/Fig5_ground_state.py
+++ b/figures/Schmidt2018_dyn/Fig5_ground_state.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import json
 import numpy as np
 import os
 
-from Schmidt2018_dyn import helpers
 from helpers import original_data_path, population_labels
 from multiarea_model import MultiAreaModel
 from plotcolors import myred, myblue