diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
index 23309f4d34..447a24656d 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/extract_thumbnail.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import copy
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field, fields
 import os
-import re
 import subprocess
 import tempfile
 from typing import Dict, Any, List, Tuple, Optional