diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0071.py b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0071.py
index 15164cf4..6e17fd49 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0071.py
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0071.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ from sat.core import exceptions
 from sat.core.log import getLogger
 log = getLogger(__name__)
 
-from sat.tools import xml_tools
 from wokkel import disco, iwokkel
 from zope.interface import implements
 # from lxml import etree
@@ -117,8 +116,6 @@ class XEP_0071(object):
             d = self.synt_plg.convert(rich, syntax, self.SYNTAX_XHTML_IM)
             if xhtml:
                 raise exceptions.DataError(_("Can't have xhtml and rich content at the same time"))
-        if xhtml:
-            d = self.synt_plg.cleanXHTML(xhtml)
         d.addCallback(syntax_converted)
         return d