diff --git a/lib/Pod/Simple/XHTML.pm b/lib/Pod/Simple/XHTML.pm
index d388db90..b28b6f3c 100644
--- a/lib/Pod/Simple/XHTML.pm
+++ b/lib/Pod/Simple/XHTML.pm
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ package Pod::Simple::XHTML;
 use strict;
 use vars qw( $VERSION @ISA $HAS_HTML_ENTITIES );
 $VERSION = '3.15';
-use Carp ();
 use Pod::Simple::Methody ();
 @ISA = ('Pod::Simple::Methody');