diff --git a/audiocraft/data/audio.py b/audiocraft/data/audio.py
index 3042507d..a35dfd9c 100644
--- a/audiocraft/data/audio.py
+++ b/audiocraft/data/audio.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import soundfile
 import torch
 from torch.nn import functional as F
-import torchaudio as ta
 
 import av
 import subprocess as sp