diff --git a/semantic_router/encoders/vit.py b/semantic_router/encoders/vit.py
index 9ff1369b9701517bc4557ea329ed298c0d14e421..65de365ac6abca6a941e5e51e6e538f1a8449a34 100644
--- a/semantic_router/encoders/vit.py
+++ b/semantic_router/encoders/vit.py
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ from typing import Any, List, Optional
 from pydantic.v1 import PrivateAttr
 
 from semantic_router.encoders import BaseEncoder
-from semantic_router.utils.logger import logger
-
-try:
-    from PIL import Image
-except ImportError:
-    logger.warning("Pillow is not installed. Install it with `pip install pillow`")
 
 
 class VitEncoder(BaseEncoder):