diff --git a/tdc/test/test_resources.py b/tdc/test/test_resources.py
index 4ae2851a..3a5c96ee 100644
--- a/tdc/test/test_resources.py
+++ b/tdc/test/test_resources.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import unittest
 
 from pandas import DataFrame
-from pyarrow import SparseCOOTensor 
+# from pyarrow import SparseCOOTensor 
 from tdc.resource import cellxgene_census
 
 class TestResources(unittest.TestCase):