diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/mhtml.py b/qutebrowser/browser/mhtml.py
index bfdd1ae8f..7381f2d06 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/mhtml.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/mhtml.py
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ def _check_rel(element):
return any(rel in rels for rel in must_have)
-
MHTMLPolicy = email.policy.default.clone(linesep='\r\n', max_line_length=0)