diff --git a/hypha/public/forms/models.py b/hypha/public/forms/models.py
index 62812d68ac2451f63eeebff2c8b21dc6bea8ba83..b9372c9435ae5f4b5d3316e22020809c2a5ab4dd 100644
--- a/hypha/public/forms/models.py
+++ b/hypha/public/forms/models.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.files.storage import get_storage_class
 from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder
 from django.db import models
-from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.forms import FileField, FileInput
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _