diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_utils.py b/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
index f1933f50..4f5d32df 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import time
 from sys import platform
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 
-from markupsafe import Markup
-
 import pytz
 
 from pelican import utils