diff --git a/bauh/util/util.py b/bauh/util/util.py
index 4743e2e0..f6999540 100644
--- a/bauh/util/util.py
+++ b/bauh/util/util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import glob
 import locale
-import re
 
 from bauh_api.util import system
 from bauh_api.util.resource import get_path
@@ -8,8 +7,6 @@ from bauh_api.util.resource import get_path
 from bauh import ROOT_DIR, __app_name__
 from bauh.core import resource
 
-HTML_RE = re.compile(r'<[^>]+>')
-
 
 def get_locale_keys(key: str = None, locale_dir: str = resource.get_path('locale')):
 
@@ -45,9 +42,5 @@ def get_locale_keys(key: str = None, locale_dir: str = resource.get_path('locale
     return locale_obj
 
 
-def strip_html(string: str):
-    return HTML_RE.sub('', string)
-
-
 def notify_user(msg: str, icon_path: str = get_path('img/logo.svg', ROOT_DIR)):
     system.notify_user(msg=msg, app_name=__app_name__, icon_path=icon_path)
diff --git a/bauh/view/qt/apps_table.py b/bauh/view/qt/apps_table.py
index f917027b..09c2489f 100644
--- a/bauh/view/qt/apps_table.py
+++ b/bauh/view/qt/apps_table.py
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QTableWidget, QTableView, QMenu, QAction, QTableWidg
     QHeaderView, QLabel, QHBoxLayout, QPushButton, QToolBar
 from bauh_api.abstract.cache import MemoryCache
 from bauh_api.abstract.model import PackageStatus
+from bauh_api.util.html import strip_html
 
 from bauh.core import resource
-from bauh.util import util
 from bauh.view.qt import dialog
 from bauh.view.qt.view_model import PackageView, PackageViewStatus
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class AppsTable(QTableWidget):
             desc = '...'
 
         if desc and desc != '...':
-            desc = util.strip_html(desc[0:25]) + '...'
+            desc = strip_html(desc[0:25]) + '...'
 
         col.setText(desc)
 
diff --git a/bauh/view/qt/info.py b/bauh/view/qt/info.py
index 883d1d77..0cf7f824 100644
--- a/bauh/view/qt/info.py
+++ b/bauh/view/qt/info.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QDialog, QVBoxLayout, QGroupBox, \
     QLineEdit, QLabel, QGridLayout, QPushButton, QPlainTextEdit, QToolBar
 from bauh_api.abstract.cache import MemoryCache
 
-from bauh.util import util
+from bauh_api.util.html import strip_html
 
 IGNORED_ATTRS = {'name', '__app__'}
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class InfoDialog(QDialog):
                 if len(val) > 80:
                     full_val = val
                     self.full_vals.append(full_val)
-                    val = util.strip_html(val)
+                    val = strip_html(val)
                     val = val[0:80] + '...'
 
                 text.setText(val)