diff --git a/digimarks.py b/digimarks.py
index 8f33310..7484c0a 100644
--- a/digimarks.py
+++ b/digimarks.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import bs4
 from more_itertools import unique_everseen
 from urlparse import urlparse, urlunparse, urljoin
 
-from utilkit import datetimeutil
-
 from flask import Flask, abort, redirect, render_template, request, url_for, jsonify
 from werkzeug.contrib.atom import AtomFeed
 from flask_peewee.db import Database
@@ -233,7 +231,7 @@ class Bookmark(db.Model):
         result = {
                 'title': self.title,
                 'url': self.url,
-                'created':  datetimeutil.datetime_to_string(self.created_date),
+                'created':  self.created_date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'),
                 'url_hash': self.url_hash,
                 'tags': self.tags,
                 }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 920b612..31e029e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ flask-peewee
 bs4
 more_itertools
 requests
-utilkit
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7b38621..1c116a5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ setup(
 
     # as a practice no need to hard code version unless you know program wont
     # work unless the specific versions are used
-    install_requires=['Flask', 'Peewee', 'Flask-Peewee', 'requests', 'utilkit'],
+    install_requires=['Flask', 'Peewee', 'Flask-Peewee', 'requests'],
 
     py_modules=['digimarks'],