diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/AbstractRenderer.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/AbstractRenderer.java
index b36f03ad28..6eaecd5d37 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/AbstractRenderer.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/AbstractRenderer.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractConfiguration;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.PMDConfiguration;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.annotation.Experimental;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.internal.util.IOUtil;