diff --git a/app/letters/send_letter_jobs.py b/app/letters/send_letter_jobs.py
index 9a1145b82..155015531 100644
--- a/app/letters/send_letter_jobs.py
+++ b/app/letters/send_letter_jobs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import json
-
 from flask import Blueprint, jsonify
 from flask import request
 
@@ -16,9 +14,7 @@ register_errors(letter_job)
 
 @letter_job.route('/send-letter-jobs', methods=['POST'])
 def send_letter_jobs():
-    req_json = request.get_json()
-    job_ids = validate(req_json, letter_job_ids)
-
+    job_ids = validate(request.get_json(), letter_job_ids)
     notify_celery.send_task(name="send-files-to-dvla", args=(job_ids['job_ids'],), queue="process-ftp")
 
     return jsonify(data={"response": "Task created to send files to DVLA"}), 200