diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/MetadataUpdateParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/MetadataUpdateParser.java
index 5eba66b2d56e..deefaedacbd7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/MetadataUpdateParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/MetadataUpdateParser.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
-import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expression;
-import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.ExpressionParser;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;