diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/corefacility/bioinformatics/irida/model/sample/metadata/PipelineProvidedMetadataEntry.java b/src/main/java/ca/corefacility/bioinformatics/irida/model/sample/metadata/PipelineProvidedMetadataEntry.java
index 90577bdfd7c..b90c7b9653c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/corefacility/bioinformatics/irida/model/sample/metadata/PipelineProvidedMetadataEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/corefacility/bioinformatics/irida/model/sample/metadata/PipelineProvidedMetadataEntry.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package ca.corefacility.bioinformatics.irida.model.sample.metadata;
 
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
-
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 import javax.persistence.Entity;