diff --git a/instagrapi/mixins/direct.py b/instagrapi/mixins/direct.py
index 287aa380..75f41435 100644
--- a/instagrapi/mixins/direct.py
+++ b/instagrapi/mixins/direct.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import random
 import re
-from sre_constants import LITERAL
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple