diff --git a/asv_bench/benchmarks/indexing.py b/asv_bench/benchmarks/indexing.py
index e83efdd0fa2a0..8290731fd7eea 100644
--- a/asv_bench/benchmarks/indexing.py
+++ b/asv_bench/benchmarks/indexing.py
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 import pandas.util.testing as tm
-from pandas import (Series, DataFrame, MultiIndex, Int64Index, Float64Index,
-                    IntervalIndex, CategoricalIndex,
+from pandas import (Series, DataFrame, Panel, MultiIndex, Int64Index,
+                    Float64Index, IntervalIndex, CategoricalIndex,
                     IndexSlice, concat, date_range)
-from .pandas_vb_common import Panel
 
 
 class NumericSeriesIndexing(object):
diff --git a/asv_bench/benchmarks/join_merge.py b/asv_bench/benchmarks/join_merge.py
index 57811dec8cd29..3524a5adb5450 100644
--- a/asv_bench/benchmarks/join_merge.py
+++ b/asv_bench/benchmarks/join_merge.py
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
 except ImportError:
     from pandas import ordered_merge as merge_ordered
 
-from .pandas_vb_common import Panel
-
 
 class Append(object):
 
diff --git a/asv_bench/benchmarks/panel_ctor.py b/asv_bench/benchmarks/panel_ctor.py
index b87583ef925f3..c2e5bfa175feb 100644
--- a/asv_bench/benchmarks/panel_ctor.py
+++ b/asv_bench/benchmarks/panel_ctor.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 from pandas import DataFrame, Panel, DatetimeIndex, date_range
 
-from .pandas_vb_common import Panel
-
 
 class DifferentIndexes(object):
     goal_time = 0.2
diff --git a/asv_bench/benchmarks/panel_methods.py b/asv_bench/benchmarks/panel_methods.py
index e35455f36ed98..542af44a78ffe 100644
--- a/asv_bench/benchmarks/panel_methods.py
+++ b/asv_bench/benchmarks/panel_methods.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 import numpy as np
 from pandas import Panel
 
-from .pandas_vb_common import Panel
-
 
 class PanelMethods(object):