diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/DefaultCassandraEntityManagerFactory.java b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/DefaultCassandraEntityManagerFactory.java
index 1e6418e36..5f9b5d2c0 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/DefaultCassandraEntityManagerFactory.java
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-cassandra/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/metadata/repository/cassandra/DefaultCassandraEntityManagerFactory.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.netflix.astyanax.AstyanaxContext;
 import com.netflix.astyanax.Keyspace;
 import com.netflix.astyanax.connectionpool.NodeDiscoveryType;
-import com.netflix.astyanax.connectionpool.exceptions.BadRequestException;
 import com.netflix.astyanax.connectionpool.exceptions.ConnectionException;
 import com.netflix.astyanax.connectionpool.impl.ConnectionPoolConfigurationImpl;
 import com.netflix.astyanax.connectionpool.impl.ConnectionPoolType;