diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/support/json/ErrorMessageJacksonDeserializer.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/support/json/ErrorMessageJacksonDeserializer.java
index 86bde95887..31918d845e 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/support/json/ErrorMessageJacksonDeserializer.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/support/json/ErrorMessageJacksonDeserializer.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.integration.support.json;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MutableMessageHeaders;
-import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.messaging.support.ErrorMessage;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;