diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogInitializer.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogInitializer.java
index b4961a928bb26dc6b16e3109c4f6f483bf29b167..b58cc48ccd693586d32ac38eb6cfd405f66feebe 100644
--- a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogInitializer.java
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/LogInitializer.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;
-import org.apache.log4j.Level;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.log4j.helpers.LogLog;
 import org.apache.log4j.xml.DOMConfigurator;