diff --git a/framework/db/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/db/GenericDaoBase.java b/framework/db/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/db/GenericDaoBase.java
index 85e1d03cbc9..208e8463e72 100644
--- a/framework/db/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/db/GenericDaoBase.java
+++ b/framework/db/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/db/GenericDaoBase.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchCriteria.SelectType;
 import com.cloud.utils.exception.CloudRuntimeException;
 import com.cloud.utils.net.Ip;
 import com.cloud.utils.net.NetUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 import net.sf.cglib.proxy.Callback;
 import net.sf.cglib.proxy.CallbackFilter;