diff --git a/anki/utils.py b/anki/utils.py
index a2c99bc2c..c31d2c872 100644
--- a/anki/utils.py
+++ b/anki/utils.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import re, os, random, time, types, math, htmlentitydefs, subprocess, \
     tempfile, shutil
-from hashlib import md5, sha1
+from hashlib import sha1
 from anki.lang import _, ngettext
 import locale, sys
 
@@ -198,9 +198,6 @@ def splitFields(string):
 ##############################################################################
 
 def checksum(data):
-    return md5(data).hexdigest()
-
-def sha1sum(data):
     return sha1(data).hexdigest()
 
 def fieldChecksum(data):
diff --git a/tests/test_deck.py b/tests/test_deck.py
index 2325923a7..9ccbfd25b 100644
--- a/tests/test_deck.py
+++ b/tests/test_deck.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def test_fieldChecksum():
     f['Front'] = u"new"; f['Back'] = u"new2"
     deck.addFact(f)
     assert deck.db.scalar(
-        "select csum from fsums") == int("22af645d", 16)
+        "select csum from fsums") == int("c2a6b03f", 16)
     # empty field should have no checksum
     f['Front'] = u""
     f.flush()
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def test_fieldChecksum():
     f['Front'] = u"newx"
     f.flush()
     assert deck.db.scalar(
-        "select csum from fsums") == int("4b0e5a4c", 16)
+        "select csum from fsums") == int("302811ae", 16)
     # turning off unique and modifying the fact should delete the sum
     m = f.model()
     m['flds'][0]['uniq'] = False