diff --git a/narwhals/_compliant/dataframe.py b/narwhals/_compliant/dataframe.py
index 485e5f4e6a..33d0c9a167 100644
--- a/narwhals/_compliant/dataframe.py
+++ b/narwhals/_compliant/dataframe.py
@@ -155,9 +155,6 @@ def schema(self) -> Mapping[str, DType]: ...
     @property
     def shape(self) -> tuple[int, int]: ...
     def clone(self) -> Self: ...
-    def collect(
-        self, backend: _EagerAllowedImpl | None, **kwargs: Any
-    ) -> CompliantDataFrameAny: ...
     def collect_schema(self) -> Mapping[str, DType]: ...
     def drop(self, columns: Sequence[str], *, strict: bool) -> Self: ...
     def drop_nulls(self, subset: Sequence[str] | None) -> Self: ...