diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/serializers.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/serializers.py
index 2f526dedc301..43c0fbff9517 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/serializers.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/serializers.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from rest_framework import serializers, fields
 
 from openedx_tagging.core.tagging.rest_api.v1.serializers import (
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/views.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/views.py
index 1b6c22a8fbe1..11bbea265184 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/views.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/content_tagging/rest_api/v1/views.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from openedx_tagging.core.tagging.rest_api.v1.views import ObjectTagView, TaxonomyView
 from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
-from rest_framework.exceptions import PermissionDenied, ValidationError
+from rest_framework.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 from rest_framework.response import Response