diff --git a/sklearnex/covariance/incremental_covariance.py b/sklearnex/covariance/incremental_covariance.py
index 582b5316dc..3ceac4018f 100644
--- a/sklearnex/covariance/incremental_covariance.py
+++ b/sklearnex/covariance/incremental_covariance.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     IncrementalEmpiricalCovariance as onedal_IncrementalEmpiricalCovariance,
 )
 from onedal.utils._array_api import _is_numpy_namespace
-from sklearnex import config_context
 
 from .._device_offload import dispatch, wrap_output_data
 from .._utils import IntelEstimator, PatchingConditionsChain, register_hyperparameters
diff --git a/sklearnex/preview/covariance/covariance.py b/sklearnex/preview/covariance/covariance.py
index c75f1bee0b..1f98d74ac8 100644
--- a/sklearnex/preview/covariance/covariance.py
+++ b/sklearnex/preview/covariance/covariance.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from daal4py.sklearn._utils import daal_check_version, sklearn_check_version
 from onedal.common.hyperparameters import get_hyperparameters
 from onedal.covariance import EmpiricalCovariance as onedal_EmpiricalCovariance
+from onedal.utils._array_api import _is_numpy_namespace
 from sklearnex import config_context
 from sklearnex.metrics import pairwise_distances