diff --git a/designsafe/settings/common_settings.py b/designsafe/settings/common_settings.py
index c7be0549f1..6192be979b 100644
--- a/designsafe/settings/common_settings.py
+++ b/designsafe/settings/common_settings.py
@@ -620,7 +620,6 @@
     from designsafe.settings.external_resource_settings import *
     from designsafe.settings.elasticsearch_settings import *
     from designsafe.settings.rt_settings import *
-    from designsafe.settings.external_resource_secrets import *
     from designsafe.settings.nco_mongo import *
 except ImportError:
     pass