diff --git a/python/obitools3/apps/progress.pxd b/python/obitools3/apps/progress.pxd
index f8a3906..2ecabfa 100644
--- a/python/obitools3/apps/progress.pxd
+++ b/python/obitools3/apps/progress.pxd
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #cython: language_level=3
 
-from ..utils cimport str2bytes
-
 cdef extern from "stdio.h":
     struct FILE
     int fprintf(FILE *stream, char *format, ...)