diff --git a/include/class-monero-base58.php b/include/class-monero-base58.php
index 795f73c..574d337 100644
--- a/include/class-monero-base58.php
+++ b/include/class-monero-base58.php
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
  * $decoded = $base58->decode('479cG5opa54beQWSyqNoWw5tna9sHUNmMTtiFqLPaUhDevpJ2YLwXAggSx5ePdeFrYF8cdbmVRSmp1Kn3t4Y9kFu7rZ7pFw');
  *
  */
-use Exception;
 class Monero_base58
 {
   static $alphabet = '123456789ABCDEFGHJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijkmnopqrstuvwxyz';