diff --git a/bigchaindb/web/views/votes.py b/bigchaindb/web/views/votes.py
index 3f6000f6..68265b40 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/web/views/votes.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/web/views/votes.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ from flask import current_app
 from flask_restful import Resource, reqparse
 
 from bigchaindb import backend
-from bigchaindb.web.views.base import make_error
 
 
 class VotesApi(Resource):