diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java
index 3d01c61f58aa2..fcbc086bc63dd 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/query/QueryPhaseExecutionException.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 package org.elasticsearch.search.query;
 
-import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.SearchShardTarget;