diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
index 3437d019a5..2be359cc2c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_utils import (
 from litellm.proxy.auth.handle_jwt import JWTAuthManager, JWTHandler
 from litellm.proxy.auth.oauth2_check import check_oauth2_token
 from litellm.proxy.auth.oauth2_proxy_hook import handle_oauth2_proxy_request
-from litellm.proxy.auth.route_checks import RouteChecks
 from litellm.proxy.auth.service_account_checks import service_account_checks
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.http_parsing_utils import _read_request_body
 from litellm.proxy.utils import PrismaClient, ProxyLogging