diff --git a/evennia/commands/default/tests.py b/evennia/commands/default/tests.py
index 5b92eda25e..cb990d507e 100644
--- a/evennia/commands/default/tests.py
+++ b/evennia/commands/default/tests.py
@@ -1584,8 +1584,9 @@ class TestBuilding(BaseEvenniaCommandTest):
         self.call(
             building.CmdTeleport(),
             "Obj = Room2",
-            "Obj(#{}) is leaving Room(#{}), heading for Room2(#{}).|Teleported Obj -> Room2."
-            .format(oid, rid, rid2),
+            "Obj(#{}) is leaving Room(#{}), heading for Room2(#{}).|Teleported Obj -> Room2.".format(
+                oid, rid, rid2
+            ),
         )
         self.call(building.CmdTeleport(), "NotFound = Room", "Could not find 'NotFound'.")
         self.call(
@@ -1701,8 +1702,7 @@ class TestBuilding(BaseEvenniaCommandTest):
         self.call(
             building.CmdSpawn(),
             "{'prototype_key':'GOBLIN', 'typeclass':'evennia.objects.objects.DefaultCharacter', "
-            "'key':'goblin', 'location':'%s'}"
-            % spawnLoc.dbref,
+            "'key':'goblin', 'location':'%s'}" % spawnLoc.dbref,
             "Spawned goblin",
         )
         goblin = get_object(self, "goblin")
@@ -1750,8 +1750,7 @@ class TestBuilding(BaseEvenniaCommandTest):
         self.call(
             building.CmdSpawn(),
             "/noloc {'prototype_parent':'TESTBALL', 'key': 'Ball', 'prototype_key': 'foo',"
-            " 'location':'%s'}"
-            % spawnLoc.dbref,
+            " 'location':'%s'}" % spawnLoc.dbref,
             "Spawned Ball",
         )
         ball = get_object(self, "Ball")
diff --git a/evennia/utils/evtable.py b/evennia/utils/evtable.py
index 39c4908d34..bb60a350a7 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/evtable.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/evtable.py
@@ -555,36 +555,6 @@ class EvCell:
 
         return adjusted_data
 
-    def _center(self, text, width, pad_char):
-        """
-        Horizontally center text on line of certain width, using padding.
-
-        Args:
-            text (str): The text to center.
-            width (int): How wide the area is (in characters) where `text`
-                should be centered.
-            pad_char (str): Which padding character to use.
-
-        Returns:
-            text (str): Centered text.
-
-        """
-        excess = width - d_len(text)
-        if excess <= 0:
-            return text
-        if excess % 2:
-            # uneven padding
-            narrowside = (excess // 2) * pad_char
-            widerside = narrowside + pad_char
-            if width % 2:
-                return narrowside + text + widerside
-            else:
-                return widerside + text + narrowside
-        else:
-            # even padding - same on both sides
-            side = (excess // 2) * pad_char
-            return side + text + side
-
     def _align(self, data):
         """
         Align list of rows of cell. Whitespace characters will be stripped