diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/dataset/DatasetUtil.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/dataset/DatasetUtil.java
index 6b88b7eaae6..101c5fb7804 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/dataset/DatasetUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/dataset/DatasetUtil.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DataFile;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.Dataset;
-import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DatasetAuthor;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DatasetField;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.DatasetVersion;
 import edu.harvard.iq.dataverse.FileMetadata;
@@ -34,9 +33,6 @@
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
-import javax.json.Json;
-import javax.json.JsonArrayBuilder;
-import javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 
 public class DatasetUtil {