diff --git a/litgpt/scripts/merge_lora.py b/litgpt/scripts/merge_lora.py
index e80a56c70a..aff59daef4 100644
--- a/litgpt/scripts/merge_lora.py
+++ b/litgpt/scripts/merge_lora.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright Lightning AI. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0, see LICENSE file.
 
 """This script merges the LoRA weights with the base model"""
-import re
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple