SciTools · corinnebosley · Oct 17, 2017 · Oct 17, 2017
diff --git a/lib/iris/analysis/__init__.py b/lib/iris/analysis/__init__.py
@@ -2490,8 +2490,3 @@ def regridder(self, src_cube, target_grid):
         from iris.analysis.trajectory import \
             UnstructuredNearestNeigbourRegridder
         return UnstructuredNearestNeigbourRegridder(src_cube, target_grid)
-
-
-# Import "iris.analysis.interpolate" to replicate older automatic imports.
-# NOTE: do this at end, as otherwise its import of 'Linear' will fail.
-from . import _interpolate_backdoor as interpolate
diff --git a/lib/iris/analysis/_interpolate_backdoor.py b/lib/iris/analysis/_interpolate_backdoor.py
diff --git a/lib/iris/analysis/_interpolate_private.py b/lib/iris/analysis/_interpolate_private.py
diff --git a/lib/iris/cube.py b/lib/iris/cube.py
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 import iris.analysis
 from iris.analysis.cartography import wrap_lons
 import iris.analysis.maths
-import iris.analysis._interpolate_private
 import iris.aux_factory
 import iris.coord_systems
 import iris.coords

diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/test_coding_standards.py b/lib/iris/tests/test_coding_standards.py
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
 class StandardReportWithExclusions(pep8.StandardReport):
     expected_bad_files = [
         '*/iris/std_names.py',
-        '*/iris/analysis/_interpolate_private.py',
         '*/iris/fileformats/cf.py',
         '*/iris/fileformats/dot.py',
         '*/iris/fileformats/grib/_grib_cf_map.py',

diff --git a/lib/iris/tests/unit/analysis/interpolate_private/__init__.py b/lib/iris/tests/unit/analysis/interpolate_private/__init__.py