diff --git a/src/icalendar/parser.py b/src/icalendar/parser.py
index 07807e4..5678caa 100644
--- a/src/icalendar/parser.py
+++ b/src/icalendar/parser.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from icalendar import compat
 from icalendar.caselessdict import CaselessDict
 from icalendar.parser_tools import DEFAULT_ENCODING
 from icalendar.parser_tools import SEQUENCE_TYPES
-from icalendar.parser_tools import data_encode
 from icalendar.parser_tools import to_unicode
 
 import re