diff --git a/src/caosdb/apiutils.py b/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
index 974b0ea75686ebbe3ad6a3d6bdfbb7978bed99f7..f3195b8e152f0cb13e5dab3e3a449b7bb36623b4 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ from subprocess import call
 from typing import Optional, Any, Dict, List
 
 from caosdb.common.datatype import (BOOLEAN, DATETIME, DOUBLE, FILE, INTEGER,
-                                    LIST, REFERENCE, TEXT, is_reference)
+                                    REFERENCE, TEXT, is_reference)
 from caosdb.common.models import (Container, Entity, File, Property, Query,
                                   Record, RecordType, execute_query,
                                   get_config, SPECIAL_ATTRIBUTES)