diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 910f9804d..35707dbff 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           name: Linting Testing
           command: |
             cd litellm
-            python -m pip install types-requests types-setuptools types-redis types-PyYAML grpcio
+            python -m pip install types-requests types-setuptools types-redis types-PyYAML
             if ! python -m mypy . --ignore-missing-imports; then
               echo "mypy detected errors"
               exit 1
diff --git a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai.py b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai.py
index cc4db1f9d..a61c07df0 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai.py
@@ -417,10 +417,9 @@ def completion(
         from google.cloud import aiplatform  # type: ignore
         from google.protobuf import json_format  # type: ignore
         from google.protobuf.struct_pb2 import Value  # type: ignore
-        from google.protobuf.json_format import MessageToDict
         from google.cloud.aiplatform_v1beta1.types import content as gapic_content_types  # type: ignore
         import google.auth  # type: ignore
-        import proto
+        import proto  # type: ignore
 
         ## Load credentials with the correct quota project ref: https://github.com/googleapis/python-aiplatform/issues/2557#issuecomment-1709284744
         print_verbose(