diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AnonymousAuthenticationProvider.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AnonymousAuthenticationProvider.java
index cd102d1504..0426162ba5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AnonymousAuthenticationProvider.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/authentication/AnonymousAuthenticationProvider.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.security.authentication;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;
 import org.springframework.context.MessageSourceAware;
 import org.springframework.context.support.MessageSourceAccessor;