diff --git a/semantic_router/index/pinecone.py b/semantic_router/index/pinecone.py
index 0557b8ee4ab91543f279efb37d4be8b135dc5664..b4f6033fb897ff77fe649f83ebd90705e5a50f52 100644
--- a/semantic_router/index/pinecone.py
+++ b/semantic_router/index/pinecone.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel, Field
 
 from semantic_router.index.base import BaseIndex
 from semantic_router.utils.logger import logger
-from semantic_router.route import Route
 
 
 def clean_route_name(route_name: str) -> str: