diff --git a/src/caosdb/apiutils.py b/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
index 38ddf80622b2d7b89405ad98ff3908f71b56d106..36ea32ea77f7c79de4e25b3b6aaa12c70864e83b 100644
--- a/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
+++ b/src/caosdb/apiutils.py
@@ -27,22 +27,19 @@
 """
 
 import logging
-import sys
-import tempfile
 import warnings
 
 from collections.abc import Iterable
-from subprocess import call
-from typing import Optional, Any, Dict, List
+from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
-from caosdb.common.datatype import (BOOLEAN, DATETIME, DOUBLE, FILE, INTEGER,
-                                    REFERENCE, TEXT, is_reference)
-from caosdb.common.models import (Container, Entity, File, Property, Query,
+from caosdb.common.datatype import is_reference
+from caosdb.common.models import (Container, Entity, File, Property,
                                   Record, RecordType, execute_query,
-                                  get_config, SPECIAL_ATTRIBUTES)
+                                  SPECIAL_ATTRIBUTES)
 from caosdb.exceptions import CaosDBException
 
-from utils.git_utils import get_origin_url_in, get_diff_in, get_branch_in, get_commit_in
+from caosdb.utils.git_utils import (get_origin_url_in, get_diff_in,
+                                    get_branch_in, get_commit_in)
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)