diff --git a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/metrics/MetricKeyUtil.java b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/metrics/MetricKeyUtil.java
index b724014d23..6ede93208a 100644
--- a/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/metrics/MetricKeyUtil.java
+++ b/pmd-core/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/metrics/MetricKeyUtil.java
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.Metric;
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricKey;
 
 /**
  * Holds the key creation method until we move it to the MetricKey interface.
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/ParameterizedMetricKeyTest.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/ParameterizedMetricKeyTest.java
index 5ab34f3039..23a8ab7f03 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/ParameterizedMetricKeyTest.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/ParameterizedMetricKeyTest.java
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricKeyUtil;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTAnyTypeDeclaration;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.metrics.api.JavaClassMetricKey;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.metrics.api.JavaOperationMetricKey;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricKey;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricKeyUtil;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricVersion;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.ParameterizedMetricKey;
 
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/ProjectMemoizerTest.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/ProjectMemoizerTest.java
index dd7bba80eb..35e8f320ba 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/ProjectMemoizerTest.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/metrics/ProjectMemoizerTest.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import java.util.Random;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricKeyUtil;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTAnyTypeDeclaration;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTCompilationUnit;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTMethodOrConstructorDeclaration;
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.metrics.impl.AbstractJavaOperationMetric;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.metrics.testdata.MetricsVisitorTestData;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.Metric.Version;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricKey;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricKeyUtil;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricMemoizer;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.metrics.MetricVersion;