diff --git a/beets/__init__.py b/beets/__init__.py
index 57fa66b69..830477a9a 100644
--- a/beets/__init__.py
+++ b/beets/__init__.py
@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@ from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
 
 import os
 
-import beets.library
 from beets.util import confit
 
 __version__ = u'1.3.18'
 __author__ = u'Adrian Sampson <adrian@radbox.org>'
 
-Library = beets.library.Library
-
 
 class IncludeLazyConfig(confit.LazyConfig):
     """A version of Confit's LazyConfig that also merges in data from