diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/AbstractRecursiveAnnotationVisitor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/AbstractRecursiveAnnotationVisitor.java
index 90616a9f9..48596883a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/AbstractRecursiveAnnotationVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/AbstractRecursiveAnnotationVisitor.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.springframework.asm.AnnotationVisitor;
 import org.springframework.asm.SpringAsmInfo;
 import org.springframework.asm.Type;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
-import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleAnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/AnnotationAttributesReadingVisitor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/AnnotationAttributesReadingVisitor.java
index b93013c36..662a3050f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/AnnotationAttributesReadingVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/AnnotationAttributesReadingVisitor.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
-import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleAnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/RecursiveAnnotationArrayVisitor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/RecursiveAnnotationArrayVisitor.java
index f28fd2b02..f9998f8ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/RecursiveAnnotationArrayVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/RecursiveAnnotationArrayVisitor.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.springframework.asm.AnnotationVisitor;
 import org.springframework.asm.Type;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
-import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleAnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/RecursiveAnnotationAttributesVisitor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/RecursiveAnnotationAttributesVisitor.java
index e57cf8672..9bd5beeae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/RecursiveAnnotationAttributesVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/type/classreading/RecursiveAnnotationAttributesVisitor.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.data.type.classreading;
 import org.springframework.asm.AnnotationVisitor;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
-import org.springframework.core.type.classreading.SimpleAnnotationMetadataReadingVisitor;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
 /**