diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/Stitcher.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/Stitcher.ts
index 8f9514d441..6958c7c3cf 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/Stitcher.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/Stitcher.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import stableStringify from 'fast-json-stable-stringify';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { buildEntitySearch, DbSearchRow } from './search';
-import { createTimer } from './util';
 import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid';
 
 // The number of items that are sent per batch to the database layer, when