diff --git a/django_celery_beat/schedulers.py b/django_celery_beat/schedulers.py
index ff6ff2ec..3fadcb3e 100644
--- a/django_celery_beat/schedulers.py
+++ b/django_celery_beat/schedulers.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from celery import current_app
 from celery import schedules
 from celery.beat import Scheduler, ScheduleEntry
-from kombu.utils.encoding import safe_str, safe_repr
 
 from celery.utils.log import get_logger
 from celery.utils.time import maybe_make_aware