diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/log/LogLevel.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/log/LogLevel.java
index 1a3b97d5823..cec62a14ebe 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/log/LogLevel.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/log/LogLevel.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 
 import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory;
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;