diff --git a/litellm/rag/ingestion/vertex_ai_ingestion.py b/litellm/rag/ingestion/vertex_ai_ingestion.py
index 47a94185d1d..7394ec7a616 100644
--- a/litellm/rag/ingestion/vertex_ai_ingestion.py
+++ b/litellm/rag/ingestion/vertex_ai_ingestion.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Based on: https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/model-refer
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, cast
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 from litellm._logging import verbose_logger
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import (