diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/models.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/models.py
index 719748a40e7ec911391516dd392936894fdf4c22..77f48460caac564ff12307993a3091485b850168 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/models.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/models.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from opaque_keys.edx.django.models import CourseKeyField
 # but currently the rest of the system assumes that "student" defines
 # certain models.  For now we will leave the models in "student" and
 # create an alias in "user_api".
-from student.models import PendingEmailChange, Registration, UserProfile  # pylint: disable=unused-import
 from util.model_utils import emit_setting_changed_event, get_changed_fields_dict
 
 
diff --git a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/tests/test_api.py b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/tests/test_api.py
index 297498b64dadd87da08e973389d1935f549cef42..4109aa583f032cfc0e080ef604a8d162b5556858 100644
--- a/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/openedx/core/djangoapps/user_api/preferences/tests/test_api.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from dateutil.parser import parse as parse_datetime
 
 from openedx.core.djangolib.testing.utils import CacheIsolationTestCase, skip_unless_lms
 from openedx.core.lib.time_zone_utils import get_display_time_zone
+from student.models import UserProfile
 from student.tests.factories import UserFactory
 
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ from ...errors import (
     PreferenceUpdateError,
     CountryCodeError,
 )
-from ...models import UserProfile, UserOrgTag
+from ...models import UserOrgTag
 from ...preferences.api import (
     get_user_preference,
     get_user_preferences,