diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/shards/ShardStrategy.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/shards/ShardStrategy.java
index a1ea0e044..de0855a3b 100644
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/shards/ShardStrategy.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/dataSources/shards/ShardStrategy.java
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@ package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.dataSources.shards;
 
 import net.sf.samtools.SAMSequenceDictionary;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.FastaSequenceFile2;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.GenomeLoc;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 /**
  *
@@ -179,8 +177,4 @@ public abstract class ShardStrategy implements Iterator<Shard>, Iterable<Shard>
     }
 
 
-    public static void main (String[] strs) {
-        
-    }
-
 }