diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dzhw/fdz/metadatamanagement/projectmanagement/service/DaraPidClientService.java b/src/main/java/eu/dzhw/fdz/metadatamanagement/projectmanagement/service/DaraPidClientService.java
index 9306240017..4e54142bbb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dzhw/fdz/metadatamanagement/projectmanagement/service/DaraPidClientService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dzhw/fdz/metadatamanagement/projectmanagement/service/DaraPidClientService.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestClientException;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
-import javax.xml.bind.ValidationException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;