diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.tsx
index 3a96b79afafdc..95c9785b2e9fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lens/public/visualizations/metric/visualization.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import { DimensionEditor } from './dimension_editor';
 import { Toolbar } from './toolbar';
 import { generateId } from '../../id_generator';
 import { FormatSelectorOptions } from '../../datasources/form_based/dimension_panel/format_selector';
-import { FormBasedLayer } from '../../datasources/form_based/types';
 import { toExpression } from './to_expression';
 
 export const DEFAULT_MAX_COLUMNS = 3;