diff --git a/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder/base.py b/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder/base.py
index 2a14db56e..35fc7d681 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder/base.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder/base.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import abc
 import importlib
-import importlib.util
 import logging
 import sys
 from abc import abstractmethod