diff --git a/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Appender.java b/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Appender.java
index 7623309..cba0131 100644
--- a/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Appender.java
+++ b/log4j-over-slf4j/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/Appender.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.apache.log4j;
 
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.Filter;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.ErrorHandler;
-import org.apache.log4j.spi.Layout;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
 
 /**