diff --git a/openmc/settings.py b/openmc/settings.py
index 75c04a6374..da6ab3c46a 100644
--- a/openmc/settings.py
+++ b/openmc/settings.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-import typing as typing  # imported separately as py3.8 requires typing.Iterable
+import typing  # imported separately as py3.8 requires typing.Iterable
 from collections.abc import Iterable, Mapping, MutableSequence
 from enum import Enum
 from math import ceil