diff --git a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/EntityService.java b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/EntityService.java
index 7245cc59c3b37..ceec91f97a33b 100644
--- a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/EntityService.java
+++ b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/EntityService.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 import com.linkedin.metadata.entity.restoreindices.RestoreIndicesResult;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.entity.retention.BulkApplyRetentionArgs;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.entity.retention.BulkApplyRetentionResult;
-import com.linkedin.metadata.entity.validation.ValidationUtils;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.event.EventProducer;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.models.AspectSpec;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.models.EntitySpec;
diff --git a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/EntityUtils.java b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/EntityUtils.java
index 2becb4778a5b1..5da71a79a3317 100644
--- a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/EntityUtils.java
+++ b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/EntityUtils.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import com.linkedin.common.urn.Urn;
 import com.linkedin.data.schema.RecordDataSchema;
 import com.linkedin.data.template.RecordTemplate;
-import com.linkedin.entity.Entity;
 import com.linkedin.entity.EnvelopedAspect;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.entity.validation.EntityRegistryUrnValidator;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.entity.validation.RecordTemplateValidator;
diff --git a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/cassandra/CassandraRetentionService.java b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/cassandra/CassandraRetentionService.java
index ad77e6f361a4c..1da8e3375035f 100644
--- a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/cassandra/CassandraRetentionService.java
+++ b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/entity/cassandra/CassandraRetentionService.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import com.linkedin.metadata.entity.EntityAspect;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.entity.retention.BulkApplyRetentionArgs;
 import com.linkedin.metadata.entity.retention.BulkApplyRetentionResult;
-import com.linkedin.metadata.models.registry.EntityRegistry;
 import com.linkedin.retention.DataHubRetentionConfig;
 import com.linkedin.retention.Retention;
 import com.linkedin.retention.TimeBasedRetention;