diff --git a/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/file/support/SimpleFlatFileInputSource.java b/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/file/support/SimpleFlatFileInputSource.java
index 17ea0994c..2bb0fed7f 100644
--- a/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/file/support/SimpleFlatFileInputSource.java
+++ b/infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/io/file/support/SimpleFlatFileInputSource.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.springframework.batch.io.InputSource;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.exception.FlatFileParsingException;
-import org.springframework.batch.io.exception.ValidationException;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.file.FieldSet;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.file.FieldSetMapper;
 import org.springframework.batch.io.file.support.separator.RecordSeparatorPolicy;