diff --git a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/catalog/HoodieHiveCatalog.java b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/catalog/HoodieHiveCatalog.java
index e4295382ab9d..377bfff7fadf 100644
--- a/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/catalog/HoodieHiveCatalog.java
+++ b/hudi-flink-datasource/hudi-flink/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/table/catalog/HoodieHiveCatalog.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 import org.apache.hudi.configuration.OptionsResolver;
 import org.apache.hudi.exception.HoodieCatalogException;
 import org.apache.hudi.exception.HoodieMetadataException;
-import org.apache.hudi.exception.HoodieValidationException;
 import org.apache.hudi.hadoop.utils.HoodieInputFormatUtils;
 import org.apache.hudi.keygen.NonpartitionedAvroKeyGenerator;
 import org.apache.hudi.table.HoodieTableFactory;