diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py
index c21c834d76..adf357181c 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/txt/output.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import os
 
 from calibre.customize.conversion import OutputFormatPlugin, \
     OptionRecommendation
-from calibre.ebooks.txt.writer import TxtWriter, TxtNewlines, TxtMetadata
+from calibre.ebooks.txt.writer import TxtWriter, TxtNewlines
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import authors_to_string
 
 class TXTOutput(OutputFormatPlugin):