diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerPollTestUtils.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerPollTestUtils.java
index 116c47c4143..aebc4854cef 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerPollTestUtils.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerPollTestUtils.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer;
 
-import org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.InterruptException;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Time;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.utils.Timer;