diff --git a/src/api/views.py b/src/api/views.py
index 69f440fcd..85ae021c9 100644
--- a/src/api/views.py
+++ b/src/api/views.py
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 from registrar.templatetags.url_helpers import public_site_url
 from registrar.utility.errors import GenericError, GenericErrorCodes
 
-# comment out after testing
-from epplibwrapper.errors import RegistryError
-
 import requests
 
 from login_required import login_not_required