diff --git a/src/module/xml-import/xml-import.mjs b/src/module/xml-import/xml-import.mjs
index 41488168..e7681a07 100644
--- a/src/module/xml-import/xml-import.mjs
+++ b/src/module/xml-import/xml-import.mjs
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ export async function importCharacter(actorId, file) {
     let dom = domParser.parseFromString(xmlString, 'application/xml')
 
     let rawJson = getJsonFromXML(dom)
-    //for some reason this await is necessary, even if Webstorm thinks it is obsolete
-    let characterJson = await mapRawJson(rawJson)
+    let characterJson = mapRawJson(rawJson)
 
     actor.update(characterJson)
 }
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ function calculateBirthdate(json) {
  * @param rawJson the json parsed from the Helden-Software XML
  * @returns {{}} a json representation of the character
  */
-async function mapRawJson(rawJson) {
+function mapRawJson(rawJson) {
     let json = {}
     let held = rawJson.helden.held;
     json.name = held.name