diff --git a/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/processor/AbstractMessageProcessor.java b/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/processor/AbstractMessageProcessor.java
index 38deb3d2471..b2f0f64b5ff 100644
--- a/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/processor/AbstractMessageProcessor.java
+++ b/evm/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/evm/processor/AbstractMessageProcessor.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * A skeletal class for instantiating message processors.