diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XalanLiaison.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XalanLiaison.java
index 066d4dbfd..5fdff43b9 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XalanLiaison.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XalanLiaison.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional;
 
-import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.XSLTLiaison;
 
 import org.apache.xalan.xslt.XSLTProcessorFactory;