diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/external_message_consumer.py b/freqtrade/rpc/external_message_consumer.py
index b8884c9a8..e08553fab 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/external_message_consumer.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/external_message_consumer.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import asyncio
 import logging
 import socket
 from threading import Thread
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, TypedDict, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, TypedDict, Union
 
 import websockets
 from pydantic import ValidationError
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ from freqtrade.rpc.api_server.ws_schemas import (
 )
 
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    import websockets.connect
-
-
 class Producer(TypedDict):
     name: str
     host: str