diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py
index 8a96c7d2c1..87eafd1eb1 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # What is this?
 ## Common checks for /v1/models and `/model/info`
-import copy
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set
 
 import litellm