diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index 8bd8eb794e0..333684eae56 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 import litellm
 from litellm._logging import verbose_proxy_logger
-from litellm.caching.caching import DualCache
 from litellm.caching.dual_cache import LimitedSizeOrderedDict
 from litellm.constants import (
     CLI_JWT_EXPIRATION_HOURS,