diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/status.py b/bookwyrm/views/status.py
index e2dd7fd55..a62e1b48b 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/status.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/status.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
-from django.utils.html import urlize
 from django.views import View
 from markdown import markdown