diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/178-postgresql_membership_remove_unused_import.yml b/changelogs/fragments/178-postgresql_membership_remove_unused_import.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23c49313b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/178-postgresql_membership_remove_unused_import.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- postgresql_membership - remove unused import of exec_sql function (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/178).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/database/postgresql/postgresql_membership.py b/plugins/modules/database/postgresql/postgresql_membership.py
index d5e336c5b2..42c4eea4ef 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/database/postgresql/postgresql_membership.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/database/postgresql/postgresql_membership.py
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ except ImportError:
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.postgres import (
     connect_to_db,
-    exec_sql,
     get_conn_params,
     PgMembership,
     postgres_common_argument_spec,