diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/IbatisPagingItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/IbatisPagingItemReader.java
index 362140953..567f2226b 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/IbatisPagingItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/IbatisPagingItemReader.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.orm.ibatis.SqlMapClientTemplate;
 
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JdbcPagingItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JdbcPagingItemReader.java
index e0a4189a6..e16191584 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JdbcPagingItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JdbcPagingItemReader.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowCallbackHandler;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.SimpleJdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.ParameterizedRowMapper;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -54,8 +52,6 @@ import java.sql.SQLException;
  */
 public class JdbcPagingItemReader<T> extends AbstractPagingItemReader<T> implements InitializingBean {
 
-	protected Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
-
 	private DataSource dataSource;
 
 	private PagingQueryProvider queryProvider;
diff --git a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaPagingItemReader.java b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaPagingItemReader.java
index 375469d64..4a4191636 100644
--- a/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaPagingItemReader.java
+++ b/spring-batch-infrastructure/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/item/database/JpaPagingItemReader.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
 import javax.persistence.EntityTransaction;
 import javax.persistence.Query;
 
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
@@ -58,8 +56,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
  */
 public class JpaPagingItemReader<T> extends AbstractPagingItemReader<T> {
 
-	protected Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
-
 	private EntityManagerFactory entityManagerFactory;
 
 	private final Map<String,Object> jpaPropertyMap = new HashMap<String,Object>();