diff --git a/mediagoblin/tools/url.py b/mediagoblin/tools/url.py
index 78b5dd63..e2caed39 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/tools/url.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/tools/url.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import re
-import translitcodec
 
 
 _punct_re = re.compile(r'[\t !"#$%&\'()*\-/<=>?@\[\\\]^_`{|},.]+')
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ca7d4ae2..4761f2b5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ setup(
         'sphinx',
         'PIL',
         'Babel',
-        'translitcodec',
         'argparse',
         'webtest',
         'ConfigObj',