diff --git a/piker/brokers/ib.py b/piker/brokers/ib.py
index c7d8917e..17c0ceb2 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/ib.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/ib.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ from ib_insync.wrapper import Wrapper
 from ib_insync.client import Client as ib_Client
 
 from ..log import get_logger, get_console_log
-from ..data import maybe_spawn_brokerd
+from .._daemon import maybe_spawn_brokerd
 from ..data._source import from_df
 from ..data._sharedmem import ShmArray
 from ._util import SymbolNotFound
diff --git a/piker/data/__init__.py b/piker/data/__init__.py
index 1a287ee2..e98195b4 100644
--- a/piker/data/__init__.py
+++ b/piker/data/__init__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ from .feed import (
 
 __all__ = [
     'open_feed',
-    'maybe_spawn_brokerd',
     'ShmArray',
     'iterticks',
     'maybe_open_shm_array',