diff --git a/fast_agave/tasks/sqs_tasks.py b/fast_agave/tasks/sqs_tasks.py
index 8440fa2..912bcfa 100644
--- a/fast_agave/tasks/sqs_tasks.py
+++ b/fast_agave/tasks/sqs_tasks.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 from aiobotocore.httpsession import HTTPClientError
 from aiobotocore.session import get_session
-from pydantic import BaseModel, validate_arguments
+from pydantic import validate_arguments
 
 from ..exc import RetryTask