diff --git a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/filters/SignedHeaderAuth.java b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/filters/SignedHeaderAuth.java
index 0cab71f57a..7d789bb201 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/filters/SignedHeaderAuth.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/main/java/org/jclouds/chef/filters/SignedHeaderAuth.java
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
 import org.jclouds.util.Strings2;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
-import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApiTest.java b/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApiTest.java
index 98eeb0b482..434c22c14e 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApiTest.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/ChefApiTest.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import org.jclouds.chef.domain.Resource;
 import org.jclouds.chef.domain.Role;
 import org.jclouds.chef.filters.SignedHeaderAuth;
 import org.jclouds.chef.filters.SignedHeaderAuthTest;
-import org.jclouds.chef.functions.ParseCookbookDefinitionCheckingChefVersion;
 import org.jclouds.chef.functions.ParseCookbookVersionsCheckingChefVersion;
 import org.jclouds.chef.functions.ParseKeySetFromJson;
 import org.jclouds.chef.functions.ParseSearchClientsFromJson;
diff --git a/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/strategy/internal/ListCookbookVersionsInEnvironmentImplLiveTest.java b/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/strategy/internal/ListCookbookVersionsInEnvironmentImplLiveTest.java
index 76ecee85ed..a9b667d321 100644
--- a/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/strategy/internal/ListCookbookVersionsInEnvironmentImplLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/chef/src/test/java/org/jclouds/chef/strategy/internal/ListCookbookVersionsInEnvironmentImplLiveTest.java
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 package org.jclouds.chef.strategy.internal;
 
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterables.size;
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.testng.Assert.fail;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.jclouds.chef.ChefApi;
 import org.jclouds.chef.domain.ChecksumStatus;
-import org.jclouds.chef.domain.CookbookDefinition;
 import org.jclouds.chef.domain.CookbookVersion;
 import org.jclouds.chef.domain.Metadata;
 import org.jclouds.chef.domain.Resource;
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ import org.jclouds.io.payloads.FilePayload;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.google.common.hash.Hashing;
 import com.google.common.io.Files;