diff --git a/backend/metagenedb/api/catalog/views/test_gene.py b/backend/metagenedb/api/catalog/views/test_gene.py
index 32c1a6bc3c6532dabb09293d46d471faa4cae810..0e48e641bb44e52e57c976a87258533d8ded418c 100644
--- a/backend/metagenedb/api/catalog/views/test_gene.py
+++ b/backend/metagenedb/api/catalog/views/test_gene.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
-from rest_framework_jwt.settings import api_settings
 
 from metagenedb.apps.catalog.factory import GeneFactory, TaxonomyFactory
 from metagenedb.common.utils.mocks.metagenedb import MetageneDBCatalogGeneAPIMock