diff --git a/everest-testing/src/everest/testing/core_utils/controller/everest_test_controller.py b/everest-testing/src/everest/testing/core_utils/controller/everest_test_controller.py
index f65d037..3ed1708 100644
--- a/everest-testing/src/everest/testing/core_utils/controller/everest_test_controller.py
+++ b/everest-testing/src/everest/testing/core_utils/controller/everest_test_controller.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import os
 import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
 from paho.mqtt import __version__ as paho_mqtt_version
-import logging
 
 from everest.testing.core_utils.everest_core import EverestCore