diff --git a/xarray/namedarray/daskmanager.py b/xarray/namedarray/daskmanager.py
index dbfca0f0c62..7fa115d77a6 100644
--- a/xarray/namedarray/daskmanager.py
+++ b/xarray/namedarray/daskmanager.py
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
         duckarray,
     )
 
-    try:
-        from dask.array.core import Array as DaskArray
-    except ImportError:
-        DaskArray = np.ndarray[Any, Any]
-
 
 dask_available = module_available("dask")