diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc-5/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/XMLValueHandler.java b/openjpa-jdbc-5/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/XMLValueHandler.java
index 54f5d0b33..605bd684a 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc-5/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/XMLValueHandler.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc-5/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/meta/strats/XMLValueHandler.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
 
 import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.kernel.JDBCStore;
 import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.ValueMapping;
-import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.meta.strats.AbstractValueHandler;
 import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.Column;
 import org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema.ColumnIO;
 import org.apache.openjpa.meta.JavaTypes;