diff --git a/PyStemmusScope/bmi/docker_process.py b/PyStemmusScope/bmi/docker_process.py
index 3637c489..e82459ad 100644
--- a/PyStemmusScope/bmi/docker_process.py
+++ b/PyStemmusScope/bmi/docker_process.py
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@
 
 try:
     import docker
-    import docker.errors
 except ImportError:
     docker = None
-    docker.errors = None
 
 
 def wait_for_model(phrase: bytes, socket: Any) -> None:
diff --git a/PyStemmusScope/bmi/docker_utils.py b/PyStemmusScope/bmi/docker_utils.py
index 21db45e2..5b5657be 100644
--- a/PyStemmusScope/bmi/docker_utils.py
+++ b/PyStemmusScope/bmi/docker_utils.py
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
 
 try:
     import docker
-    import docker.errors
 except ImportError:
     docker = None
-    docker.errors = None
 
 
 def make_docker_vols_binds(cfg_file: str) -> tuple[list[str], list[str]]: