diff --git a/src/winml/modelkit/__init__.py b/src/winml/modelkit/__init__.py
index 59a45c313..26427fa91 100644
--- a/src/winml/modelkit/__init__.py
+++ b/src/winml/modelkit/__init__.py
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@
 
 logging.getLogger(__name__).addHandler(logging.NullHandler())
 
-from . import _warnings  # Configure warning filters before importing subpackages
-
-
 try:
     __version__ = version("winml-modelkit")
 except PackageNotFoundError: