diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openmicroscopy/shoola/agents/fsimporter/mde/util/parser/OntologyParser_sparql.java b/src/main/java/org/openmicroscopy/shoola/agents/fsimporter/mde/util/parser/OntologyParser_sparql.java
index 9e05ae55a..0103bd152 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openmicroscopy/shoola/agents/fsimporter/mde/util/parser/OntologyParser_sparql.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openmicroscopy/shoola/agents/fsimporter/mde/util/parser/OntologyParser_sparql.java
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ public OntologyParser_sparql() {
     }
 
 
-    private List<OntologyElement> sparqlQuery(String acronym, String url_term) {
-
-        String qString =generateSparqlQuery(url_term);
-        List rs= runSparqlQuery(qString,default_sparqlEndpoint);
-
-        return rs;
-    }
-
     // generates query, runs query and parses results
     private List<OntologyElement> runSparqlQuery(String url_term, String sparqlEndpoint){