diff --git a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarTest.java b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarTest.java
index 86a6d9beb..249022b17 100644
--- a/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/junit/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/TarTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;