diff --git a/ai_ta_backend/vector_database.py b/ai_ta_backend/vector_database.py
index f4f9d7fc..6ed65da9 100644
--- a/ai_ta_backend/vector_database.py
+++ b/ai_ta_backend/vector_database.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import boto3
 import fitz
-from pypdf import PdfReader
 import openai
 import pytesseract
 import supabase