diff --git a/aider/io.py b/aider/io.py
index f556fcb37..c5ee67371 100644
--- a/aider/io.py
+++ b/aider/io.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from rich.style import Style as RichStyle
 from rich.text import Text
 
 from aider.mdstream import MarkdownStream
-from aider.watch import FileWatcher  # noqa: F401
 
 from .dump import dump  # noqa: F401
 from .utils import is_image_file