diff --git a/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py b/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py
index 3d97be37..5662777c 100644
--- a/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py
+++ b/linkcheck/htmlutil/linkparse.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ from . import linkname
from builtins import str as str_text
MAX_NAMELEN = 256
-MAX_TITLELEN = 256
unquote = strformat.unquote
@@ -101,26 +100,6 @@ class StopParse(Exception):
pass
-class TitleFinder (object):
- """Find title tags in HTML text."""
-
- def __init__ (self):
- """Initialize title."""
- super(TitleFinder, self).__init__()
- log.debug(LOG_CHECK, "HTML title parser")
- self.title = None
-
- def start_element (self, tag, attrs):
- """Search for tag."""
- if tag == 'title':
- data = self.parser.peek(MAX_TITLELEN)
- data = data.decode(self.parser.encoding, "ignore")
- self.title = linkname.title_name(data)
- raise StopParse("found <title> tag")
- elif tag == 'body':
- raise StopParse("found <body> tag")
-
-
class TagFinder (object):
"""Base class handling HTML start elements.
TagFinder instances are used as HtmlParser handlers."""