diff --git a/comicapi/comet.py b/comicapi/comet.py
index 4dd273a..f823374 100644
--- a/comicapi/comet.py
+++ b/comicapi/comet.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class CoMet:
             if credit["role"].lower() in set(self.editor_synonyms):
                 ET.SubElement(root, "editor").text = str(credit["person"])
 
-        utils.indent(root)
+        ET.indent(root)
 
         # wrap it in an ElementTree instance, and save as XML
         tree = ET.ElementTree(root)
diff --git a/comicapi/comicinfoxml.py b/comicapi/comicinfoxml.py
index ff3bd06..827cb9d 100644
--- a/comicapi/comicinfoxml.py
+++ b/comicapi/comicinfoxml.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class ComicInfoXml:
             page_node = ET.SubElement(pages_node, "Page")
             page_node.attrib = dict(sorted(page_dict.items()))
 
-        utils.indent(root)
+        ET.indent(root)
 
         # wrap it in an ElementTree instance, and save as XML
         tree = ET.ElementTree(root)
diff --git a/comicapi/utils.py b/comicapi/utils.py
index 8dbfa66..bbe5a7a 100644
--- a/comicapi/utils.py
+++ b/comicapi/utils.py
@@ -33,23 +33,6 @@ class UtilsVars:
     already_fixed_encoding = False
 
 
-def indent(elem, level=0):
-    # for making the XML output readable
-    i = "\n" + level * "  "
-    if len(elem):
-        if not elem.text or not elem.text.strip():
-            elem.text = i + "  "
-        if not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip():
-            elem.tail = i
-        for ele in elem:
-            indent(ele, level + 1)
-        if not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip():
-            elem.tail = i
-    else:
-        if level and (not elem.tail or not elem.tail.strip()):
-            elem.tail = i
-
-
 def get_actual_preferred_encoding():
     preferred_encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
     if platform.system() == "Darwin":