diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/external_message_consumer.py b/freqtrade/rpc/external_message_consumer.py
index bf71c24eab6..bb96279d9a2 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/external_message_consumer.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/external_message_consumer.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     import websockets.connect
-    import websockets.exceptions
 
 
 class Producer(TypedDict):