diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/nodes.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/nodes.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/nodes.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/nodes.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import mimetypes
 from pygments import lexers
 
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils.lazy import LazyProperty
-from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils import safe_unicode, safe_str
+from rhodecode.lib.vcs.utils import safe_unicode
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.exceptions import NodeError
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.exceptions import RemovedFileNodeError
 from rhodecode.lib.vcs.backends.base import EmptyChangeset