diff --git a/TTS/bin/synthesize.py b/TTS/bin/synthesize.py
index d7b0a7b8..b5ab409c 100755
--- a/TTS/bin/synthesize.py
+++ b/TTS/bin/synthesize.py
@@ -337,9 +337,6 @@ If you don't specify any models, then it uses LJSpeech based English model.
     if args.model_name is not None and not args.model_path:
         model_path, config_path, model_item = manager.download_model(args.model_name)
 
-        # tortoise model
-        if model_path.split("--")[-1] == "tortoise-v2":
-            model_dir = model_path
         # tts model
         if model_item["model_type"] == "tts_models":
             tts_path = model_path
@@ -352,6 +349,13 @@ If you don't specify any models, then it uses LJSpeech based English model.
             vc_path = model_path
             vc_config_path = config_path
 
+        # tortoise model
+        if model_path.split("--")[-1] == "tortoise-v2":
+            model_dir = model_path
+            tts_path = None
+            tts_config_path = None
+            args.vocoder_name = None
+
     # load vocoder
     if args.vocoder_name is not None and not args.vocoder_path:
         vocoder_path, vocoder_config_path, _ = manager.download_model(args.vocoder_name)
diff --git a/TTS/tts/configs/tortoise_config.py b/TTS/tts/configs/tortoise_config.py
index 59137d9c..87123f2d 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/configs/tortoise_config.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/configs/tortoise_config.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from typing import List
 
 from TTS.tts.configs.shared_configs import BaseTTSConfig
 from TTS.tts.models.tortoise import TortoiseArgs, TortoiseAudioConfig
diff --git a/TTS/tts/models/tortoise.py b/TTS/tts/models/tortoise.py
index d0b4418b..c44c7ec5 100644
--- a/TTS/tts/models/tortoise.py
+++ b/TTS/tts/models/tortoise.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import os
 import random
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass