diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/ReadBackedPileup.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/ReadBackedPileup.java
index b76619cd7..32ab50695 100644
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/ReadBackedPileup.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/pileup/ReadBackedPileup.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 package org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.pileup;
 
 import net.sf.samtools.SAMRecord;
-import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.samples.Sample;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.GenomeLoc;
 import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.HasGenomeLocation;