diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java
index 001656288..dc5807ea3 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParserStepFactoryBean.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.Step;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecutionListener;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.StepListener;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRepository;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.step.AbstractStep;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.FaultTolerantStepFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.SimpleStepFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet.Tasklet;