diff --git a/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/DIHWriter.java b/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/DIHWriter.java
index 1781ddd7278..8027611eb1a 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/DIHWriter.java
+++ b/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/DIHWriter.java
@@ -90,7 +90,4 @@ public interface DIHWriter {
 	 */
 	public void init(Context context) ;
 
-	//TODO add comments
-  public DebugLogger getDebugLogger();
-	
 }
diff --git a/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/SolrWriter.java b/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/SolrWriter.java
index 0aa62d2fb28..14b3c486ed6 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/SolrWriter.java
+++ b/solr/contrib/dataimporthandler/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/dataimport/SolrWriter.java
@@ -162,10 +162,4 @@ public class SolrWriter implements DIHWriter {
 	public void init(Context context) {
 		/* NO-OP */		
 	}
-
-  @Override
-  public DebugLogger getDebugLogger() {
-    return debugLogger;
-  }
-
 }