diff --git a/semantic_router/index/pinecone.py b/semantic_router/index/pinecone.py
index 21cf84566c7f9ec9364ffe7002682845cd2a0bd7..5627d4fa95ac13fee4a8e0b96e7973f1945aae29 100644
--- a/semantic_router/index/pinecone.py
+++ b/semantic_router/index/pinecone.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import time
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import numpy as np
-import requests
 from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel, Field
 
 from semantic_router.index.base import BaseIndex