Is there a way to prevent & from using a specific parent selector in Less?

I have some less code using the & symbol. Here is what it looks like

.class1 {
   .class2 {
      & > &-item {
         // Some rule
      }
   }
}

From looking online, it seems like this gets compiled to this in CSS

.class1 .class2 > .class1 .class2-item {
   // Some rule
}

Here's my problem: I want to only have the & target the class2 and ignore the class1. So I'm looking for a way to compile the less to look like this

.class1 .class2 > .class2-item {
   // Some rule
}

My code is a bit more complicated. In actuality, I am importing everything starting at class2 and wrapping it in class1 so I can't just remove the class1 selector. My actual code looks like this

.class1 {
   @import 'other-style.less';
}

Since the code is imported, I can't remove the & selector.

Is there a way to make it so class1 doesn't get targetted with the & selector?