diff --git a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/utils.py b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/utils.py
index 306f7d892..bad6c867b 100644
--- a/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/utils.py
+++ b/tests/core/pyspec/eth2spec/test/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from typing import Dict, Any
-from eth2spec.debug.encode import encode
 from eth2spec.utils.ssz.ssz_typing import View
 from eth2spec.utils.ssz.ssz_impl import serialize