diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/RuleFactory.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/RuleFactory.java
index 63cd0ea816..84ce6b95d4 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/RuleFactory.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/RuleFactory.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.exception.ExceptionUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;