diff --git a/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/EventListener.java b/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/EventListener.java
index 2112782850e..5ac603cff9d 100644
--- a/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/EventListener.java
+++ b/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/main/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/EventListener.java
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ public interface EventListener {
    *
    * @param ctx the Context in which this event was called
    */
-  public abstract void onEvent(Context ctx);
+  public void onEvent(Context ctx);
 
 }