diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/UnusedImportsCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/UnusedImportsCheck.java
index 996d41ac5..5a780fece 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/UnusedImportsCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/UnusedImportsCheck.java
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ public class UnusedImportsCheck
                     imp.getColumnNo(),
                     "import.unused", imp.getText());
             }
-//          else if (isIllegalImport(imp.getText())) {
-//              mMessages.add(imp.getLineNo(), "import.illegal", imp.getText());
-//          }
         }
     }