diff --git a/generate_brick.py b/generate_brick.py
index ae2439e4..d3fc8ac3 100755
--- a/generate_brick.py
+++ b/generate_brick.py
@@ -1104,6 +1104,8 @@ def handle_concept_labels():
 
 # add rec stuff
 env.import_graph(G, "https://w3id.org/rec")
+# remove the REC import
+G.remove((None, OWL.imports, URIRef("https://w3id.org/rec")))
 
 # add inferred information to Brick
 # logger.info("Adding inferred information to Brick")