diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/api/api_task.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/api/api_task.py
index 79078bda..b00f1c45 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/api/api_task.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/api/api_task.py
@@ -6,13 +6,11 @@
 # standard imports
 import logging
 
-# external imports 
+# external imports
 import celery
-from chainlib.chain import ChainSpec
 # local imports
 from cic_eth.api.base import ApiBase
 from cic_eth.enum import LockEnum
-from hexathon import strip_0x
 
 app = celery.current_app