diff --git a/litellm/llms/watsonx/audio_transcription/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/watsonx/audio_transcription/transformation.py
index 827b72d4bca..5944705258e 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/watsonx/audio_transcription/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/watsonx/audio_transcription/transformation.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from ...base_llm.audio_transcription.transformation import (
 from ...openai.transcriptions.whisper_transformation import (
     OpenAIWhisperAudioTranscriptionConfig,
 )
-from ..common_utils import IBMWatsonXMixin, _get_api_params
+from ..common_utils import IBMWatsonXMixin
 
 
 class IBMWatsonXAudioTranscriptionConfig(