diff --git a/djangoldp/serializers.py b/djangoldp/serializers.py
index c17e021bf6b7a2abdb1c084bd1449efc244fd42b..0c5c837e8eb2e69fc20443ff2e3b967e46f81e06 100644
--- a/djangoldp/serializers.py
+++ b/djangoldp/serializers.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from collections import OrderedDict, Mapping, Iterable
 from typing import Any
 from urllib import parse
 
-from django.db import transaction
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured