diff --git a/src/peft/tuners/ia3/model.py b/src/peft/tuners/ia3/model.py
index 349a3af248..659ee043bd 100644
--- a/src/peft/tuners/ia3/model.py
+++ b/src/peft/tuners/ia3/model.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     ModulesToSaveWrapper,
     _freeze_adapter,
     _get_submodules,
-    _is_valid_match,
 )
 
 from .layer import Conv2d, IA3Layer, Linear