diff --git a/src/transformers/generation/candidate_generator.py b/src/transformers/generation/candidate_generator.py
index fe9b3334012202..e9f688fd9f7c10 100644
--- a/src/transformers/generation/candidate_generator.py
+++ b/src/transformers/generation/candidate_generator.py
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-import warnings
-
 import copy
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple