diff --git a/ramba/ramba.py b/ramba/ramba.py
index 257d23b..f858f5d 100644
--- a/ramba/ramba.py
+++ b/ramba/ramba.py
@@ -3520,6 +3520,7 @@ def run_deferred_ops(
         # check if function exists, else exec to create it
         ldict = {}
         gdict = globals()
+        if "min" in gdict: del(gdict["min"])
         for imp in imports:
             the_module = __import__(imp)
             gdict[imp.split(".")[0]] = the_module