diff --git a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/resources/streaming/StreamedQueryResource.java b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/resources/streaming/StreamedQueryResource.java
index dd84464690b7..5d93b68cb3f1 100644
--- a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/resources/streaming/StreamedQueryResource.java
+++ b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/resources/streaming/StreamedQueryResource.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 package io.confluent.ksql.rest.server.resources.streaming;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.RateLimiter;