diff --git a/mopidy/utils/importing.py b/mopidy/utils/importing.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 591071a1..00000000
--- a/mopidy/utils/importing.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-import logging
-import sys
-
-
-logger = logging.getLogger('mopidy.utils')
-
-
-def import_module(name):
-    __import__(name)
-    return sys.modules[name]
-
-
-def get_class(name):
-    logger.debug('Loading: %s', name)
-    if '.' not in name:
-        raise ImportError("Couldn't load: %s" % name)
-    module_name = name[:name.rindex('.')]
-    cls_name = name[name.rindex('.') + 1:]
-    try:
-        module = import_module(module_name)
-        cls = getattr(module, cls_name)
-    except (ImportError, AttributeError):
-        raise ImportError("Couldn't load: %s" % name)
-    return cls
diff --git a/tests/utils/importing_test.py b/tests/utils/importing_test.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5be4078b..00000000
--- a/tests/utils/importing_test.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-from mopidy.utils import importing
-
-from tests import unittest
-
-
-class GetClassTest(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_loading_module_that_does_not_exist(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(ImportError):
-            importing.get_class('foo.bar.Baz')
-
-    def test_loading_class_that_does_not_exist(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(ImportError):
-            importing.get_class('unittest.FooBarBaz')
-
-    def test_loading_incorrect_class_path(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(ImportError):
-            importing.get_class('foobarbaz')
-
-    def test_import_error_message_contains_complete_class_path(self):
-        try:
-            importing.get_class('foo.bar.Baz')
-        except ImportError as e:
-            self.assertIn('foo.bar.Baz', str(e))
-
-    def test_loading_existing_class(self):
-        cls = importing.get_class('unittest.TestCase')
-        self.assertEqual(cls.__name__, 'TestCase')