diff --git a/tree_maker/tag.py b/tree_maker/tag.py
index be5f0868ed43bcb8a11ef711caa839ba617be28c..0e7a06ff3ed8751eed1399b797881e6fd0c96312 100644
--- a/tree_maker/tag.py
+++ b/tree_maker/tag.py
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ import pytz
 import json
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from time import sleep
-import rich
-from rich.progress import track
-from rich.progress import Progress
+
 
 # load the configuration
 def read_yaml(myfile, verbose=False):