diff --git a/sup3r/utilities/cli.py b/sup3r/utilities/cli.py
index c6cc4d489..2bb956b50 100644
--- a/sup3r/utilities/cli.py
+++ b/sup3r/utilities/cli.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from rex.utilities.hpc import SLURM
 from rex.utilities.loggers import init_mult
 
-from sup3r.version import __version__
 from sup3r.utilities import ModuleName
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)