diff --git a/lib/strings/strings.ww b/lib/strings/strings.ww
index d2f85ee0..67783aa0 100644
--- a/lib/strings/strings.ww
+++ b/lib/strings/strings.ww
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ package strings;
 import bytes;
 import encoding.utf8;
 import os;
-import rt;
 import types;
 
 // ref/hare/strings/utf8.ha:29. `cap` equals `len`; the slice does