diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/wmd.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/wmd.pm
index 99b136281..71d7c9d17 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/wmd.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/wmd.pm
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package IkiWiki::Plugin::wmd;
 use warnings;
 use strict;
 use IkiWiki 3.00;
-use Encode;
 
 sub import {
 	add_underlay("wmd");