diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/ProtobufSerializer.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/ProtobufSerializer.scala
index 86fda01ca9..2c997e2919 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/ProtobufSerializer.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/serialization/ProtobufSerializer.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 package akka.serialization
 
-import akka.serialization.Serializer
 import com.google.protobuf.Message
 
 /**