diff --git a/src/tribler/core/components/restapi/rest/rest_manager.py b/src/tribler/core/components/restapi/rest/rest_manager.py
index 39dfac1e5dc..413e41ac756 100644
--- a/src/tribler/core/components/restapi/rest/rest_manager.py
+++ b/src/tribler/core/components/restapi/rest/rest_manager.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import asyncio
 import logging
 import ssl
 import traceback
@@ -25,9 +24,6 @@
 from tribler.core.version import version_id
 
 
-SITE_START_TIMEOUT = 5.0  # seconds
-
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)