diff --git a/django/urls/base.py b/django/urls/base.py
index a9a2dff1e6..ea68f99cea 100644
--- a/django/urls/base.py
+++ b/django/urls/base.py
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ def is_valid_path(path, urlconf=None):
     False otherwise. This is a convenience method to make working with "is
     this a match?" cases easier, avoiding try...except blocks.
     """
-    from django.urls.base import resolve
     try:
         resolve(path, urlconf)
         return True