diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/compress/colgroup/offset/OffsetSingle.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/compress/colgroup/offset/OffsetSingle.java
index e7e959c820e..2ce25e013ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/compress/colgroup/offset/OffsetSingle.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sysds/runtime/compress/colgroup/offset/OffsetSingle.java
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.sysds.runtime.compress.colgroup.offset;
 
-import static org.apache.sysds.runtime.compress.colgroup.offset.AOffset.emptySlice;
-
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;