diff --git a/aider/io.py b/aider/io.py
index f556fcb37..2934e6631 100644
--- a/aider/io.py
+++ b/aider/io.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ 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 aider.watch import FileWatcher
 
 from .dump import dump  # noqa: F401
 from .utils import is_image_file