diff --git a/src/calibre/library/server/mobile.py b/src/calibre/library/server/mobile.py
index 8e7c75b0ac..c0a3c122cd 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/server/mobile.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/server/mobile.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from calibre.library.server.utils import strftime, format_tag_string
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import fmt_sidx
 from calibre.constants import __appname__
 from calibre import human_readable
-from calibre.utils.date import utcfromtimestamp, format_date
+from calibre.utils.date import utcfromtimestamp
 
 def CLASS(*args, **kwargs): # class is a reserved word in Python
     kwargs['class'] = ' '.join(args)
diff --git a/src/calibre/library/server/xml.py b/src/calibre/library/server/xml.py
index 7f5bc31e70..45ffdc2737 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/server/xml.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/server/xml.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ from calibre.library.server.utils import strftime, format_tag_string
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import fmt_sidx
 from calibre.constants import preferred_encoding
 from calibre import isbytestring
-from calibre.utils.date import format_date
 
 E = ElementMaker()