diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionMergeTransactionImpl.java.rej b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionMergeTransactionImpl.java.rej
deleted file mode 100644
index 45e9534c47a..00000000000
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionMergeTransactionImpl.java.rej
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionMergeTransactionImpl.java
-+++ hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/RegionMergeTransactionImpl.java
-@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
- import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coordination.BaseCoordinatedStateManager;
- import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.coordination.RegionMergeCoordination.RegionMergeDetails;
- import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.protobuf.generated.RegionServerStatusProtos.RegionStateTransition.TransitionCode;
-+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.SplitTransactionImpl.JournalEntryImpl;
- import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.SplitTransactionImpl.LoggingProgressable;
- import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
- import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.ConfigUtil;