diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/designer/Designer.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/designer/Designer.java
index 97148f470b..b54b1d5c78 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/designer/Designer.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/util/designer/Designer.java
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.xpath.Initializer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.util.NumericConstants;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.util.StringUtil;
 
-import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.w3c.dom.Text;