From 363d95630b6dd73411e13549af7cfbb2d59ca325 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 11:36:11 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/calibre/gui2/tts/types.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/tts/types.py b/src/calibre/gui2/tts/types.py
index f509e8bddd..ba54608dfa 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/tts/types.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/tts/types.py
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ def available_engines() -> dict[str, EngineMetadata]:
             continue
 
     try:
-        import calibre_extensions.piper
+        import calibre_extensions.piper as check_that_piper_imports
+        del check_that_piper_imports
     except ImportError:
         pass
     else: