diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/inotify.proto b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/inotify.proto
index afcccaa13bd..e1ade19b27e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/inotify.proto
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/src/main/proto/inotify.proto
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ package hadoop.hdfs;
 
 import "acl.proto";
 import "xattr.proto";
-import "hdfs.proto";
 
 enum EventType {
   EVENT_CREATE = 0x0;