diff --git a/src/GrampsDbUtils/Makefile.am b/src/GrampsDbUtils/Makefile.am
index 90c460bb1..ba4e97852 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDbUtils/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/GrampsDbUtils/Makefile.am
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 pkgdatadir = $(datadir)/@PACKAGE@/GrampsDbUtils
 
 pkgdata_PYTHON = \
-	_GedcomChar.py\
 	_GedcomInfo.py\
 	_GedcomLex.py\
 	_GedcomParse.py\
diff --git a/src/GrampsDbUtils/_GedcomChar.py b/src/GrampsDbUtils/_GedcomChar.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7efc8abc8..000000000
--- a/src/GrampsDbUtils/_GedcomChar.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2000-2005  Donald N. Allingham
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
-#
-
-from ansel_utf8 import ansel_to_utf8
-import codecs
-
-class BaseReader(object):
-    def __init__(self, ifile, encoding):
-        self.ifile = ifile
-        self.enc = encoding
-
-    def reset(self):
-        self.ifile.seek(0)
-
-    def readline(self):
-        return unicode(self.ifile.readline(), 
-                       encoding=self.enc,
-                       errors='replace')
-
-class UTF8Reader(BaseReader):
-
-    def __init__(self, ifile):
-        BaseReader.__init__(self, ifile, 'utf8')
-        self.reset()
-
-    def reset(self):
-        self.ifile.seek(0)
-        data = self.ifile.read(3)
-        if data != "\xef\xbb\xbf":
-            self.ifile.seek(0)
-
-    def readline(self):
-        return unicode(self.ifile.readline(),
-                       encoding=self.enc,
-                       errors='replace')
-
-class UTF16Reader(BaseReader):
-
-    def __init__(self, ifile):
-        new_file = codecs.EncodedFile(ifile, 'utf8', 'utf16')
-        BaseReader.__init__(self, new_file, 'utf16')
-        self.reset()
-
-    def readline(self):
-        l = self.ifile.readline()
-        if l.strip():
-            return l
-        else:
-            return self.ifile.readline()
-
-class AnsiReader(BaseReader):
-
-    def __init__(self, ifile):
-        BaseReader.__init__(self, ifile, 'latin1')
-    
-class AnselReader(BaseReader):
-
-    def __init__(self, ifile):
-        BaseReader.__init__(self, ifile, "")
-
-    def readline(self):
-        return ansel_to_utf8(self.ifile.readline())
diff --git a/src/GrampsDbUtils/_GedcomParse.py b/src/GrampsDbUtils/_GedcomParse.py
index 3cc2314f7..f0527d7f4 100644
--- a/src/GrampsDbUtils/_GedcomParse.py
+++ b/src/GrampsDbUtils/_GedcomParse.py
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ all lines until the next level 2 token is found (in this case, skipping the
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import os
-import sys
 import re
 import time
+import codecs
 from gettext import gettext as _
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -108,17 +108,17 @@ LOG = logging.getLogger(".GedcomImport")
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import Errors
 import gen.lib
-from BasicUtils import name_displayer, UpdateCallback
+from BasicUtils import UpdateCallback
 import Mime
 import LdsUtils
 import Utils
+from ansel_utf8 import ansel_to_utf8
 
 from _GedcomTokens import *
 
 import _GedcomInfo as GedcomInfo
 import _GedcomUtils as GedcomUtils 
 import _GedcomLex as GedcomLex
-import _GedcomChar as GedcomChar
 
 from gen.db.dbconst import EVENT_KEY
 
@@ -238,6 +238,68 @@ def find_from_handle(gramps_id, table):
         table[gramps_id] = intid
     return intid
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# File Readers
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+class BaseReader(object):
+    def __init__(self, ifile, encoding):
+        self.ifile = ifile
+        self.enc = encoding
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.ifile.seek(0)
+
+    def readline(self):
+        return unicode(self.ifile.readline(), 
+                       encoding=self.enc,
+                       errors='replace')
+
+class UTF8Reader(BaseReader):
+
+    def __init__(self, ifile):
+        BaseReader.__init__(self, ifile, 'utf8')
+        self.reset()
+
+    def reset(self):
+        self.ifile.seek(0)
+        data = self.ifile.read(3)
+        if data != "\xef\xbb\xbf":
+            self.ifile.seek(0)
+
+    def readline(self):
+        return unicode(self.ifile.readline(),
+                       encoding=self.enc,
+                       errors='replace')
+
+class UTF16Reader(BaseReader):
+
+    def __init__(self, ifile):
+        new_file = codecs.EncodedFile(ifile, 'utf8', 'utf16')
+        BaseReader.__init__(self, new_file, 'utf16')
+        self.reset()
+
+    def readline(self):
+        l = self.ifile.readline()
+        if l.strip():
+            return l
+        else:
+            return self.ifile.readline()
+
+class AnsiReader(BaseReader):
+
+    def __init__(self, ifile):
+        BaseReader.__init__(self, ifile, 'latin1')
+    
+class AnselReader(BaseReader):
+
+    def __init__(self, ifile):
+        BaseReader.__init__(self, ifile, "")
+
+    def readline(self):
+        return ansel_to_utf8(self.ifile.readline())
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # GedcomParser
@@ -783,13 +845,13 @@ class GedcomParser(UpdateCallback):
         enc = stage_one.get_encoding()
 
         if enc == "ANSEL":
-            rdr = GedcomChar.AnselReader(ifile)
+            rdr = AnselReader(ifile)
         elif enc in ("UTF-8", "UTF8"):
-            rdr = GedcomChar.UTF8Reader(ifile)
+            rdr = UTF8Reader(ifile)
         elif enc in ("UTF-16", "UTF16", "UNICODE"):
-            rdr = GedcomChar.UTF16Reader(ifile)
+            rdr = UTF16Reader(ifile)
         else:
-            rdr = GedcomChar.AnsiReader(ifile)
+            rdr = AnsiReader(ifile)
 
         self.lexer = GedcomLex.Reader(rdr)
         self.filename = filename