diff --git a/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2Marshaller.java b/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2Marshaller.java
index 2ed28dad71..4f32468ff8 100644
--- a/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2Marshaller.java
+++ b/spring-oxm/src/main/java/org/springframework/oxm/jaxb/Jaxb2Marshaller.java
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.core.JdkVersion;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
-import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.oxm.GenericMarshaller;
 import org.springframework.oxm.GenericUnmarshaller;
 import org.springframework.oxm.MarshallingFailureException;
@@ -168,8 +167,6 @@ public class Jaxb2Marshaller implements MimeMarshaller, MimeUnmarshaller, Generi
 
 	private ClassLoader beanClassLoader;
 
-	private ResourceLoader resourceLoader;
-
 	private final Object jaxbContextMonitor = new Object();
 
 	private volatile JAXBContext jaxbContext;