diff --git a/frappe/website/doctype/web_page/test_web_page.py b/frappe/website/doctype/web_page/test_web_page.py
index 730ce979af..38daebe5e8 100644
--- a/frappe/website/doctype/web_page/test_web_page.py
+++ b/frappe/website/doctype/web_page/test_web_page.py
@@ -7,24 +7,24 @@ from frappe.tests import set_request
 
 test_records = frappe.get_test_records('Web Page')
 
+def get_page_content(route):
+	set_request(method='GET', path = route)
+	response = frappe.website.render.render()
+	return frappe.as_unicode(response.data)
+
 class TestWebPage(unittest.TestCase):
 	def setUp(self):
 		frappe.db.sql("delete from `tabWeb Page`")
 		for t in test_records:
 			frappe.get_doc(t).insert()
 
-	def get_page_content(self, route):
-		set_request(method='GET', path = route)
-		response = frappe.website.render.render()
-		return frappe.as_unicode(response.data)
-
 	def test_check_sitemap(self):
 		resolve_route("test-web-page-1")
 		resolve_route("test-web-page-1/test-web-page-2")
 		resolve_route("test-web-page-1/test-web-page-3")
 
 	def test_base_template(self):
-		content = self.get_page_content('/_test/_test_custom_base.html')
+		content = get_page_content('/_test/_test_custom_base.html')
 
 		# assert the text in base template is rendered
 		self.assertTrue('<h1>This is for testing</h1>' in frappe.as_unicode(content))
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ class TestWebPage(unittest.TestCase):
 			main_section_html = '<div>html content</div>'
 		)).insert()
 
-		self.assertTrue('rich text' in self.get_page_content('/test-content-type'))
+		self.assertTrue('rich text' in get_page_content('/test-content-type'))
 
 		web_page.content_type = 'Markdown'
 		web_page.save()
-		self.assertTrue('markdown content' in self.get_page_content('/test-content-type'))
+		self.assertTrue('markdown content' in get_page_content('/test-content-type'))
 
 		web_page.content_type = 'HTML'
 		web_page.save()
-		self.assertTrue('html content' in self.get_page_content('/test-content-type'))
+		self.assertTrue('html content' in get_page_content('/test-content-type'))
 
 
diff --git a/frappe/website/doctype/web_page/web_page.py b/frappe/website/doctype/web_page/web_page.py
index ab213fbaca..d9500ec34b 100644
--- a/frappe/website/doctype/web_page/web_page.py
+++ b/frappe/website/doctype/web_page/web_page.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from jinja2.exceptions import TemplateSyntaxError
 
 import frappe
 from frappe import _
-from frappe.utils import get_datetime, now, strip_html, markdown
+from frappe.utils import get_datetime, now, strip_html
 from frappe.utils.jinja import render_template
 from frappe.website.doctype.website_slideshow.website_slideshow import get_slideshow
 from frappe.website.router import resolve_route