diff --git a/torchao/quantization/smoothquant.py b/torchao/quantization/smoothquant.py
index 8d3d8be546..f141ee06b3 100644
--- a/torchao/quantization/smoothquant.py
+++ b/torchao/quantization/smoothquant.py
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 import torch
 import torch.nn.functional as F
 
-import torchao.quantization.quant_api as quant_api
-
 from .utils import (
     dynamically_quantize_per_channel,
     quant_int8_dynamic_per_token_linear,