diff --git a/src/apiservers/private/register_private_blueprints.py b/src/apiservers/private/register_private_blueprints.py
index 19822eea..8b6857b6 100644
--- a/src/apiservers/private/register_private_blueprints.py
+++ b/src/apiservers/private/register_private_blueprints.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 This file registers blueprints for the private api server
 """
 from threading import Thread
-from gevent import spawn
 from gevent import sleep
 
 from httpapi import security, friendsapi, profilesapi, configapi, insertblock