diff --git a/activemq-amqp/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/protocol/AmqpConnection.java b/activemq-amqp/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/protocol/AmqpConnection.java
index 5eb7033159..4a0916ba5e 100644
--- a/activemq-amqp/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/protocol/AmqpConnection.java
+++ b/activemq-amqp/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/amqp/protocol/AmqpConnection.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
-import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;