diff --git a/changedetectionio/apprise_plugin/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/apprise_plugin/__init__.py
index de612677437..93c382fa4b8 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/apprise_plugin/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/apprise_plugin/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import apprise
 # include the decorator
 from apprise.decorators import notify