diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
index 18d5c4e731d..84e859dbb28 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/AbstractJavaCodegen.java
@@ -1579,9 +1579,4 @@ public String sanitizeTag(String tag) {
         }
         return tag;
     }
-
-    public boolean defaultIgnoreImportMappingOption() {
-        return true;
-    }
-
 }