diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-appsync/lib/source-api-association.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-appsync/lib/source-api-association.ts
index 5f01f54b06d12..cb8c9d971249b 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-appsync/lib/source-api-association.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-appsync/lib/source-api-association.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { CfnSourceApiAssociation } from './appsync.generated';
-import { GraphqlApi } from './graphqlapi';
 import { IGraphqlApi } from './graphqlapi-base';
 import { Effect, IRole, PolicyStatement } from '../../aws-iam';
 import { Fn, IResource, Lazy, Resource } from '../../core';