diff --git a/openflexure_microscope/api/v2/views/streams.py b/openflexure_microscope/api/v2/views/streams.py
index 7fe23d2d..f8b8cbe7 100644
--- a/openflexure_microscope/api/v2/views/streams.py
+++ b/openflexure_microscope/api/v2/views/streams.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class MjpegStream(PropertyView):
         frame from the camera object, passed to the Flask response, and then repeats until
         the connection is closed.
 
-        Without monkey patching with gevent, or using a native threaded server, the stream
+        Without monkey patching, or using a native threaded server, the stream
         will block all proceeding requests.
         """
         microscope = find_component("org.openflexure.microscope")
diff --git a/openflexure_microscope/utilities.py b/openflexure_microscope/utilities.py
index f166ce79..185478f6 100644
--- a/openflexure_microscope/utilities.py
+++ b/openflexure_microscope/utilities.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import logging
 from collections import abc
 from functools import reduce
 from contextlib import contextmanager
-import gevent
 
 
 def deserialise_array_b64(b64_string, dtype, shape):