diff --git a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/AbstractWrappedByteBuf.java b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/AbstractWrappedByteBuf.java
index 912a46d018..42dd3ebce7 100644
--- a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/AbstractWrappedByteBuf.java
+++ b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/AbstractWrappedByteBuf.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
-import java.nio.ReadOnlyBufferException;
 
 /**
  * Abstract base class for WrappedByteBuf implementations.