diff --git a/openfl/callbacks/callback_list.py b/openfl/callbacks/callback_list.py
index 47dde526898..ca88336aa3f 100644
--- a/openfl/callbacks/callback_list.py
+++ b/openfl/callbacks/callback_list.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2020-2024 Intel Corporation
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-from typing import List
-
 from openfl.callbacks.callback import Callback
 from openfl.callbacks.memory_profiler import MemoryProfiler
 
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ class CallbackList(Callback):
 
     def __init__(
         self,
-        callbacks: List[Callback],
+        callbacks: list,
         add_memory_profiler=False,
         tensor_db=None,
         **params,