diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParser.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParser.java
index 35ac216de..ac7764015 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParser.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParser.java
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public class StepParser {
     	boolean isFaultTolerant = false;
 
     	// TODO determine if step should be fault-tolerant
-		String faultTolerant = element.getAttribute("fault-tolerant");
+		// String faultTolerant = element.getAttribute("fault-tolerant");
 		
         String skipLimit = element.getAttribute("skip-limit");
         if (!isFaultTolerant) {
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobExecutionListenerParserTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobExecutionListenerParserTests.java
index 71a6bf054..76b1cc250 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobExecutionListenerParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobExecutionListenerParserTests.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParameters;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.JobParametersBuilder;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.annotation.AfterJob;
 import org.springframework.batch.core.annotation.BeforeJob;