diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/GlobalChannelInterceptorParser.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/GlobalChannelInterceptorParser.java
index 14fe3a4fa6..9f4a04c467 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/GlobalChannelInterceptorParser.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/GlobalChannelInterceptorParser.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
 
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition;
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedList;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
  * Parser for 'channel-interceptor' elements.