diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/event/EventListenerSupport.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/event/EventListenerSupport.java
index 3c3286284..9e912d03b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/event/EventListenerSupport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/event/EventListenerSupport.java
@@ -291,8 +291,6 @@ protected InvocationHandler createInvocationHandler() {
      * An invocation handler used to dispatch the event(s) to all the listeners.
      */
     protected class ProxyInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {
-        /** Serialization version */
-        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         /**
          * Propagates the method call to all registered listeners in place of