diff --git a/virtinst/storage.py b/virtinst/storage.py
index 210e8573..b63ca31e 100644
--- a/virtinst/storage.py
+++ b/virtinst/storage.py
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ class StoragePool(_StorageObject):
         for source in sources.sources:
             source_xml = source.get_xml()
 
-            pool_xml = "<pool>\n%s\n</pool>" % (
-                util.xml_indent(source_xml, 2))
+            pool_xml = "<pool>\n%s\n</pool>" % source_xml
             parseobj = StoragePool(conn, parsexml=pool_xml)
             parseobj.type = pool_type
 
diff --git a/virtinst/util.py b/virtinst/util.py
index 7219d49f..a7eb5c9a 100644
--- a/virtinst/util.py
+++ b/virtinst/util.py
@@ -23,18 +23,6 @@ def listify(l):
         return l
 
 
-def xml_indent(xmlstr, level):
-    """
-    Indent the passed str the specified number of spaces
-    """
-    xml = ""
-    if not xmlstr:
-        return xml
-    if not level:
-        return xmlstr
-    return "\n".join((" " * level + l) for l in xmlstr.splitlines())
-
-
 def vm_uuid_collision(conn, uuid):
     """
     Check if passed UUID string is in use by another guest of the connection
diff --git a/virtinst/xmlbuilder.py b/virtinst/xmlbuilder.py
index 8e55a63c..024ef1f0 100644
--- a/virtinst/xmlbuilder.py
+++ b/virtinst/xmlbuilder.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import collections
 import logging
 import os
 import re
-import string  # pylint: disable=deprecated-module
+import string
+import textwrap
 
 from .xmlapi import XMLAPI
 from . import util
@@ -691,7 +692,7 @@ class XMLBuilder(object):
             use_xpath = obj._xmlstate.abs_xpath().rsplit("/", 1)[0]
             indent = 2 * obj._xmlstate.abs_xpath().count("/")
             self._xmlstate.xmlapi.node_add_xml(
-                    util.xml_indent(xml, indent), use_xpath)
+                    textwrap.indent(xml, indent * " "), use_xpath)
         obj._parse_with_children(None, self._xmlstate)
 
     def remove_child(self, obj):
@@ -720,7 +721,7 @@ class XMLBuilder(object):
         if not self._xmlstate.is_build:
             xpath = origobj.get_xml_id()
             indent = 2 * xpath.count("/")
-            xml = util.xml_indent(newobj.get_xml(), indent).strip()
+            xml = textwrap.indent(newobj.get_xml(), indent * " ").strip()
             self._xmlstate.xmlapi.node_replace_xml(xpath, xml)
         else:
             origidx = origobj.get_xml_idx()