diff --git a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Query/v3Query/QueryIterator.cs b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Query/v3Query/QueryIterator.cs
index 67354b05ed..dfab88b85f 100644
--- a/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Query/v3Query/QueryIterator.cs
+++ b/Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos/src/Query/v3Query/QueryIterator.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Query
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
     using Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.CosmosElements;
     using Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Diagnostics;
-    using Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Json;
     using Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Query.Core;
     using Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Query.Core.Exceptions;
     using Microsoft.Azure.Cosmos.Query.Core.ExecutionContext;