diff --git a/src/Api/Hl7ApplicationConfigEntity.cs b/src/Api/Hl7ApplicationConfigEntity.cs
index 3b81ab86b..79a203c8b 100644
--- a/src/Api/Hl7ApplicationConfigEntity.cs
+++ b/src/Api/Hl7ApplicationConfigEntity.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 using FellowOakDicom;
 using Monai.Deploy.InformaticsGateway.Common;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 
 namespace Monai.Deploy.InformaticsGateway.Api
 {
diff --git a/src/Api/Test/Monai.Deploy.InformaticsGateway.Api.Test.csproj b/src/Api/Test/Monai.Deploy.InformaticsGateway.Api.Test.csproj
index 6871e26e5..0a064a532 100644
--- a/src/Api/Test/Monai.Deploy.InformaticsGateway.Api.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/Api/Test/Monai.Deploy.InformaticsGateway.Api.Test.csproj
@@ -51,10 +51,4 @@
     <Folder Include="Shared\" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.Ref\6.0.24\ref\net6.0\Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Core.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>