diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/cutpaste.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/cutpaste.pm
index 24a05601d..92667a1ef 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/cutpaste.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/cutpaste.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package IkiWiki::Plugin::cutpaste;
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 use IkiWiki 2.00;
-use UNIVERSAL;
 
 my %savedtext;