diff --git a/invokeai/app/api/routers/model_manager.py b/invokeai/app/api/routers/model_manager.py
index b1b338733a..08352d718e 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/api/routers/model_manager.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/api/routers/model_manager.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from invokeai.backend.model_manager.config import (
     ModelType,
     SubModelType,
 )
-from invokeai.backend.model_manager.metadata.metadata_base import RemoteModelFile
 from invokeai.backend.model_manager.search import ModelSearch
 
 from ..dependencies import ApiDependencies
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_base.py b/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_base.py
index 3989b46c8e..456700bf1d 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_base.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_base.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ from invokeai.app.services.model_records import ModelRecordServiceBase
 from invokeai.backend.model_manager import AnyModelConfig, ModelRepoVariant
 from invokeai.backend.model_manager.config import ModelSourceType
 from invokeai.backend.model_manager.metadata import AnyModelRepoMetadata
-from invokeai.backend.model_manager.metadata.metadata_base import RemoteModelFile
 
 
 class InstallStatus(str, Enum):
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_default.py b/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_default.py
index b3f0b41a1a..3fe2cfa172 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_default.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/model_install/model_install_default.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from invokeai.backend.model_manager.metadata import (
     ModelMetadataWithFiles,
     RemoteModelFile,
 )
-from invokeai.backend.model_manager.metadata.metadata_base import HuggingFaceMetadata
+from invokeai.backend.model_manager.metadata.metadata_base import HuggingFaceMetadata, UnknownMetadataException
 from invokeai.backend.model_manager.probe import ModelProbe
 from invokeai.backend.model_manager.search import ModelSearch
 from invokeai.backend.util import Chdir, InvokeAILogger
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class ModelInstallService(ModelInstallServiceBase):
 
         try:
             metadata = HuggingFaceMetadataFetch(self._session).from_id(source)
-        except:
+        except UnknownMetadataException:
             raise ValueError("No HuggingFace repository found")
 
         assert isinstance(metadata, ModelMetadataWithFiles)