diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/franceculture.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/franceculture.py
index df3d757f31..b8fa175880 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/franceculture.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/franceculture.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from ..utils import (
     determine_ext,
     extract_attributes,
     int_or_none,
-    unified_strdate,
 )