diff --git a/markdownify/__init__.py b/markdownify/__init__.py
index 355b9fa..16b6c58 100644
--- a/markdownify/__init__.py
+++ b/markdownify/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from lxml.etree import tostring
 from lxml.html.soupparser import fromstring
 import re