diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/books/books.py b/bookwyrm/views/books/books.py
index 405a67c6..7de2d0d2 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/books/books.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/books/books.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from uuid import uuid4
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
 from django.core.files.base import ContentFile
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
-from django.db import transaction
 from django.db.models import Avg, Q
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect