diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Here is a simple SQLAlchemy model:
 
 ```python
 from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, String
-from sqlalchemy.orm import backref, relationship
+from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base