diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
index e230f2c54..18979241c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/xattrpp.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from .common import PostProcessor
 from ..utils import (
     check_executable,
     hyphenate_date,
-    preferredencoding,
 )