diff --git a/lang/java/compiler/src/main/velocity/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/templates/java/classic/record.vm b/lang/java/compiler/src/main/velocity/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/templates/java/classic/record.vm
index 2e3bb075961..ec1e6c3ca7a 100755
--- a/lang/java/compiler/src/main/velocity/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/templates/java/classic/record.vm
+++ b/lang/java/compiler/src/main/velocity/org/apache/avro/compiler/specific/templates/java/classic/record.vm
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package $this.mangle($schema.getNamespace());
 #end
 
-import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericArray;
 import org.apache.avro.specific.SpecificData;
 import org.apache.avro.util.Utf8;
 #if (!$schema.isError())