diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java
index 293ceaac47..7c0ad4830f 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInputsReader.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 package org.dspace.app.util;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/SubmissionConfigReader.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/SubmissionConfigReader.java
index 9e921baf01..4a35f05f09 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/SubmissionConfigReader.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/SubmissionConfigReader.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
-import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
 import javax.xml.parsers.FactoryConfigurationError;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;