diff --git a/mitterlib/network/twitter.py b/mitterlib/network/twitter.py
index 82572fa..cc5bee1 100644
--- a/mitterlib/network/twitter.py
+++ b/mitterlib/network/twitter.py
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ import warnings
 from httplib import BadStatusLine
 from socket import error as socketError
 
-from mitterlib import htmlize
-
 from networkbase import NetworkBase, NetworkData, auth_options, \
         NetworkDNSError, NetworkBadStatusLineError, NetworkLowLevelError, \
         NetworkInvalidResponseError, NetworkPermissionDeniedError, \