diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/conditionalflow/step/PrependingStdoutWriter.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/conditionalflow/step/PrependingStdoutWriter.java
index 913c0885a9..9ffea1e798 100644
--- a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/conditionalflow/step/PrependingStdoutWriter.java
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/conditionalflow/step/PrependingStdoutWriter.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.baeldung.conditionalflow.step;
 
-import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;