diff --git a/cron.py b/cron.py
index 1aa36f2a..92f721d4 100644
--- a/cron.py
+++ b/cron.py
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ from app.models import (
     HibpNotifiedAlias,
 )
 from app.utils import sanitize_email
-from server import create_app
 
 
 def notify_trial_end():
diff --git a/email_handler.py b/email_handler.py
index bf9ecb29..1f6dda19 100644
--- a/email_handler.py
+++ b/email_handler.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ from app.models import (
 from app.pgp_utils import PGPException, sign_data_with_pgpy, sign_data
 from app.utils import sanitize_email
 from init_app import load_pgp_public_keys
-from server import create_app, create_light_app
+from server import create_light_app
 
 newrelic_app = None
 if NEWRELIC_CONFIG_PATH:
diff --git a/init_app.py b/init_app.py
index 108194e0..b22b7f0a 100644
--- a/init_app.py
+++ b/init_app.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from app.db import Session
 from app.log import LOG
 from app.models import Mailbox, Contact, SLDomain
 from app.pgp_utils import load_public_key
-from server import create_app
 
 
 def load_pgp_public_keys():
diff --git a/monitoring.py b/monitoring.py
index 6a28e5ca..89651c5a 100644
--- a/monitoring.py
+++ b/monitoring.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from app.config import HOST
 from app.db import Session
 from app.log import LOG
 from app.models import Monitoring
-from server import create_app
 
 # the number of consecutive fails
 # if more than _max_nb_fails, alert