diff --git a/connect/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/tools/VerifiableSinkTask.java b/connect/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/tools/VerifiableSinkTask.java
index 16464a1b78995..233345253c800 100644
--- a/connect/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/tools/VerifiableSinkTask.java
+++ b/connect/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/connect/tools/VerifiableSinkTask.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
  * Counterpart to {@link VerifiableSourceTask} that consumes records and logs information about each to stdout. This