diff --git a/kallithea/lib/helpers.py b/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
--- a/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
+++ b/kallithea/lib/helpers.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ from kallithea.model.changeset_status im
 
 # mute pyflakes "imported but unused"
 # from webutils
-assert HTML
 assert Option
 assert canonical_url
 assert checkbox