diff --git a/lettuce/plugins/xunit_output.py b/lettuce/plugins/xunit_output.py
index ddb00686f..499410d3a 100644
--- a/lettuce/plugins/xunit_output.py
+++ b/lettuce/plugins/xunit_output.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 from lettuce.terrain import after
 from lettuce.terrain import before
 from xml.dom import minidom
-from lettuce.strings import utf8_string
 
 
 def wrt_output(filename, content):