diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/pages.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/pages.js
index 65ee5c2fb0..7f48a459b3 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/pages.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/pages.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const url = require('./utils/url');
 const slugFilterOrder = require('./utils/slug-filter-order');
 const localUtils = require('../../index');
 const postsMetaSchema = require('../../../../../data/schema').tables.posts_meta;
-const labs = require('../../../../../services/labs');
 
 const replacePageWithType = mapNQLKeyValues({
     key: {
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/posts.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/posts.js
index 4c71d4b682..3a392acde9 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/posts.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/input/posts.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ const slugFilterOrder = require('./utils/slug-filter-order');
 const localUtils = require('../../index');
 const mobiledoc = require('../../../../../lib/mobiledoc');
 const postsMetaSchema = require('../../../../../data/schema').tables.posts_meta;
-const labs = require('../../../../../services/labs');
 
 const replacePageWithType = mapNQLKeyValues({
     key: {
diff --git a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/clean.js b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/clean.js
index 5bb7cccf8e..3481532665 100644
--- a/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/clean.js
+++ b/core/server/api/canary/utils/serializers/output/utils/clean.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const localUtils = require('../../../index');
-const labs = require('../../../../../../services/labs');
 
 const tag = (attrs, frame) => {
     if (localUtils.isContentAPI(frame)) {
diff --git a/core/server/services/mega/post-email-serializer.js b/core/server/services/mega/post-email-serializer.js
index 5c3b408d65..18f599cda9 100644
--- a/core/server/services/mega/post-email-serializer.js
+++ b/core/server/services/mega/post-email-serializer.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 const juice = require('juice');
 const template = require('./template');
 const settingsCache = require('../../../shared/settings-cache');
-const labs = require('../../services/labs');
 const urlUtils = require('../../../shared/url-utils');
 const moment = require('moment-timezone');
 const cheerio = require('cheerio');