diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/EDate.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/EDate.java
index fbc08c068f..ca5778acb9 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/EDate.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/formula/functions/EDate.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import java.util.Date;
 public class EDate implements FreeRefFunction {
     public static final FreeRefFunction instance = new EDate();
 
-    @Override
     public ValueEval evaluate(ValueEval[] args, OperationEvaluationContext ec) {
         if (args.length != 2) {
             return ErrorEval.VALUE_INVALID;