diff --git a/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java b/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java
index 6774034138..aaa795b516 100644
--- a/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java
+++ b/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java
@@ -188,6 +188,5 @@ public class ActiveMQConfiguration extends JmsConfiguration {
         } else {
             return loader.loadClass(name);
         }
-        return null;
     }
 }