diff --git a/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/recursive/index.ts b/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/recursive/index.ts
index 09ba84ea4a..f9e1d5d869 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/recursive/index.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/recursive/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import path = require('path')
 import createPkgGraph, {PackageNode} from 'pkgs-graph'
 import R = require('ramda')
 import readIniFile = require('read-ini-file')
-import sortPkgs = require('sort-pkgs')
 import {
   install,
   InstallOptions,
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/typings/local.d.ts b/packages/pnpm/typings/local.d.ts
index 49661e866b..946c25d56c 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/typings/local.d.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/typings/local.d.ts
@@ -289,11 +289,6 @@ declare module 'signal-exit' {
   export = anything;
 }
 
-declare module 'sort-pkgs' {
-  const anything: any;
-  export = anything;
-}
-
 declare module 'graph-sequencer' {
   const anything: any;
   export = anything;