diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/authority/orcid/Orcidv3.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/authority/orcid/Orcidv3.java
index 24b2dc84f8..94fe86dcb0 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/authority/orcid/Orcidv3.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/authority/orcid/Orcidv3.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;