diff --git a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/clustering/LDA.scala b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/clustering/LDA.scala
index 5e17c8da6113416f05e2ae05f45a20738dd3c6d7..9d63a08e211bc7298d03e6d8da9e030e01397a4a 100644
--- a/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/clustering/LDA.scala
+++ b/mllib/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/mllib/clustering/LDA.scala
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.mllib.clustering
 
 import java.util.Random
 
-import breeze.linalg.{DenseVector => BDV, normalize, axpy => brzAxpy}
+import breeze.linalg.{DenseVector => BDV, normalize}
 
 import org.apache.spark.Logging
 import org.apache.spark.annotation.Experimental