diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py
index 91a27a0e79..f68e60b147 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/sql.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ try:
     import re
     import json
     import sqlite3
-    import mysql.connector
+    # import mysql.connector
     import numpy as np
     import ifcopenshell.util.schema
     from .file import file