diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/symboltable/AcceptanceTest.java b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/symboltable/AcceptanceTest.java
index 23c7dfdfad..97c5f04d3c 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/symboltable/AcceptanceTest.java
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/symboltable/AcceptanceTest.java
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTCatchStatement;
import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTEqualityExpression;
import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTInitializer;
import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTMethodDeclaration;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTVariableDeclaratorId;
import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.SimpleNode;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.symboltable.NameOccurrence;
import net.sourceforge.pmd.symboltable.Scope;
import net.sourceforge.pmd.symboltable.VariableNameDeclaration;
diff --git a/pmd/rulesets/internal/dogfood.xml b/pmd/rulesets/internal/dogfood.xml
index 394da9e255..5e55ceef48 100644
--- a/pmd/rulesets/internal/dogfood.xml
+++ b/pmd/rulesets/internal/dogfood.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Rules to check PMD itself
+
+
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/XSLTRenderer.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/XSLTRenderer.java
index 334ef26fbd..2d5f721091 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/XSLTRenderer.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/renderers/XSLTRenderer.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamSource;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.ant.PMDTask;
-
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/TypeHelper.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/TypeHelper.java
index 83fa89b879..85e4f0c6ab 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/TypeHelper.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/typeresolution/TypeHelper.java
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.typeresolution;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTClassOrInterfaceType;
import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.SimpleNode;
import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.TypeNode;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.jaxen.Attribute;
import net.sourceforge.pmd.symboltable.VariableNameDeclaration;
public class TypeHelper {