diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapDataAccessException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapDataAccessException.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f68f567ac2..0000000000
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/LdapDataAccessException.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright 2004, 2005 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.acegisecurity.providers.ldap;
-
-import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
-
-/**
- * Used to wrap unexpected NamingExceptions while accessing the LDAP server
- * or for other LDAP-related data problems such as data we can't handle.
- *
- * @author Luke Taylor
- * @version $Id$
- */
-public class LdapDataAccessException extends DataAccessException {
-
-    public LdapDataAccessException(String msg) {
-        super(msg);
-    }
-
-    public LdapDataAccessException(String msg, Throwable ex) {
-        super(msg, ex);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/sandbox/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/authenticator/controls/PasswordPolicyResponseControl.java b/sandbox/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/authenticator/controls/PasswordPolicyResponseControl.java
index f0a2454a88..0216360e20 100644
--- a/sandbox/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/authenticator/controls/PasswordPolicyResponseControl.java
+++ b/sandbox/src/main/java/org/acegisecurity/providers/ldap/authenticator/controls/PasswordPolicyResponseControl.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
-import org.acegisecurity.providers.ldap.LdapDataAccessException;
+import org.acegisecurity.ldap.LdapDataAccessException;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;