diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/ItemRestRepositoryIT.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/ItemRestRepositoryIT.java
index 361920a01bc3..46d0bc062cfe 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/ItemRestRepositoryIT.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/ItemRestRepositoryIT.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.CharEncoding;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.matcher.BitstreamMatcher;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.matcher.BundleMatcher;
-import org.dspace.app.rest.matcher.ClarinLicenseLabelMatcher;
-import org.dspace.app.rest.matcher.ClarinLicenseMatcher;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.matcher.CollectionMatcher;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.matcher.HalMatcher;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.matcher.ItemMatcher;
@@ -4793,8 +4790,6 @@ public void searchByHandle() throws Exception {
                 .withSubject("ExtraEntry")
                 .build();
         context.restoreAuthSystemState();
-        Matcher<? super Object> publicItem1Matcher = ItemMatcher.matchItemWithTitleAndDateIssued(publicItem1,
-                "Public item 1", "2017-10-17");
 
         String handlePrefix = configurationService.getProperty("handle.canonical.prefix");
         String fullHandleIdentifier = handlePrefix + publicItem1.getHandle();