diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/FileUtilities.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/FileUtilities.java
index 245328e8f7753d70ecba9dc5a4d78e288edb0062..4c2be6806a16c46543810809d19636f74387eb25 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/FileUtilities.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/utilities/FileUtilities.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package ch.systemsx.cisd.common.utilities;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileFilter;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;