diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/htmlbalance.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/htmlbalance.pm
index 667d73b6c..8f43d5dac 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/htmlbalance.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/htmlbalance.pm
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ package IkiWiki::Plugin::htmlbalance;
use warnings;
use strict;
use IkiWiki 2.00;
+use HTML::TreeBuilder;
+use XML::Atom::Util qw(encode_xml);
sub import { #{{{
hook(type => "getsetup", id => "htmlbalance", call => \&getsetup);
@@ -28,16 +30,6 @@ sub sanitize (@) { #{{{
my %params=@_;
my $ret = '';
- eval {
- use HTML::TreeBuilder;
- use XML::Atom::Util qw(encode_xml);
- };
-
- if ($@) {
- error($@);
- return $params{content};
- }
-
my $tree = HTML::TreeBuilder->new_from_content($params{content});
my @nodes = $tree->disembowel();
foreach my $node (@nodes) {