diff --git a/narwhals/dependencies.py b/narwhals/dependencies.py
index f32ee3218..009469536 100644
--- a/narwhals/dependencies.py
+++ b/narwhals/dependencies.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # We silently allow these but - given that they claim
 # to be drop-in replacements for pandas - testing is
 # their responsibility.
-IMPORT_HOOKS = frozenset(["cudf", "fireducks"])
+IMPORT_HOOKS = frozenset(["fireducks"])
 
 
 def get_polars() -> Any: