diff --git a/deps/rabbitmq_federation/src/rabbit_federation_app.erl b/deps/rabbitmq_federation/src/rabbit_federation_app.erl
index 97df35dd8c..29de046182 100644
--- a/deps/rabbitmq_federation/src/rabbit_federation_app.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbitmq_federation/src/rabbit_federation_app.erl
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 -include_lib("amqp_client/include/amqp_client.hrl").
 -import(rabbit_misc, [pget/3]).
--import(rabbit_federation_util, [pget_bin/2, pget_bin/3]).
 
 start(_Type, _StartArgs) ->
     rabbit_federation_link:go(),