diff --git a/core/streams/dao/index.js b/core/streams/dao/index.js
index 2c451f1e7..529aeed09 100644
--- a/core/streams/dao/index.js
+++ b/core/streams/dao/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 const { Stream, Project, User, Sequelize } = require('../../_models')
-const { escape } = require('sequelize/lib/sql-string')
 const { ForbiddenError, ValidationError, EmptyResultError } = require('../../../common/error-handling/errors')
 const crg = require('country-reverse-geocoding').country_reverse_geocoding()
 const projectsService = require('../../projects/dao')