diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py
index 5c49f1cfbd..58f0c99765 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/user_profiles.py
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ class %(classname)s(%(base_class)s):
             return
         
         skip_dialog_name='replace_recipes'
-        opml = OPML(self.oldest_article.value(), self.max_articles.value());
+        opml = OPML()
         add_recipes_map = {}
         replace_recipes_map = {}
         for opml_file in opml_files:
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/opml.py b/src/calibre/utils/opml.py
index f508d7138c..7d69d7f679 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/opml.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/opml.py
@@ -2,16 +2,13 @@ __license__ = 'GPL 3'
 __copyright__ = '2014, Kenny Billiau <kennybilliau@gmail.co'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-import time
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
 class OPML(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, oldest_article = 7, max_articles = 100):
+    def __init__(self):
         self.doc = None # xml document
         self.outlines = None # parsed outline objects
-        self.oldest_article = oldest_article
-        self.max_articles = max_articles
 
     def load(self, filename):
         tree = ET.parse(filename)