diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/WorkflowCuratorServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/WorkflowCuratorServiceImpl.java
index 7389e4517b..64577e74f0 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/WorkflowCuratorServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/curate/WorkflowCuratorServiceImpl.java
@@ -14,14 +14,8 @@ import static javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants.START_ELEMENT;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;