diff --git a/lux/_config/config.py b/lux/_config/config.py
index 89c9a941..59dd0ae5 100644
--- a/lux/_config/config.py
+++ b/lux/_config/config.py
@@ -348,14 +348,6 @@ def set_SQL_connection(self, connection):
 
     def set_executor_type(self, exe):
         if exe == "SQL":
-            import pkgutil
-
-            if pkgutil.find_loader("psycopg2") is None:
-                raise ImportError(
-                    "psycopg2 is not installed. Run `pip install psycopg2' to install psycopg2 to enable the Postgres connection."
-                )
-            else:
-                import psycopg2
             from lux.executor.SQLExecutor import SQLExecutor
 
             self.executor = SQLExecutor()