diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 88155009..01b3967b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 - fix: correct wrong dict key in VMRay _compute_monitor_threads assertion (used thread_id instead of process_id) @williballenthin
 fix: replace assert with isinstance guard in get_callee for invalid MethodSpec tokens @williballenthin
 - fix: replace assert with isinstance guard in get_callee for invalid MethodSpec tokens @williballenthin
+- fix: remove unused imports of capa.rules and capa.engine from view.py @williballenthin (SURF-68)
 - fix: remove unused imports of capa.main, capa.render.json, and capa.features.extractors.ida.extractor from form.py @williballenthin (SURF-67)
 - fix: remove dead trim_function_name function from form.py that was never called @williballenthin (SURF-66)
 - fix: replace get_file_md5/get_file_sha256 with retrieve_input_file_md5/sha256 shims so all callers use consistent IDA version-aware API @williballenthin (SURF-65)
diff --git a/capa/ida/plugin/view.py b/capa/ida/plugin/view.py
index c38cadc7..7e589ae9 100644
--- a/capa/ida/plugin/view.py
+++ b/capa/ida/plugin/view.py
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ from collections import Counter
 import idc
 import idaapi
 
-import capa.rules
-import capa.engine
 import capa.ida.helpers
 import capa.features.common
 import capa.features.basicblock