diff --git a/mkdocs_rss_plugin/integrations/theme_material_base.py b/mkdocs_rss_plugin/integrations/theme_material_base.py
index 901abad..7747412 100644
--- a/mkdocs_rss_plugin/integrations/theme_material_base.py
+++ b/mkdocs_rss_plugin/integrations/theme_material_base.py
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 # conditional
 try:
     from material import __version__ as material_version
-    from material.plugins.blog.plugin import BlogPlugin
-    from pymdownx.slugs import slugify
 
 except ImportError:
     material_version = None