diff --git a/docs/advanced_examples/FullyConnectedNeuralNetworkOnMNIST.ipynb b/docs/advanced_examples/FullyConnectedNeuralNetworkOnMNIST.ipynb
index dfd1910ae..b8113551e 100644
--- a/docs/advanced_examples/FullyConnectedNeuralNetworkOnMNIST.ipynb
+++ b/docs/advanced_examples/FullyConnectedNeuralNetworkOnMNIST.ipynb
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
     "import time\n",
     "\n",
     "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\n",
-    "import matplotlib.ticker as mtick\n",
     "import numpy as np\n",
     "from joblib import Memory\n",
     "from sklearn.datasets import fetch_openml\n",