diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel/HSSFRequest.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel/HSSFRequest.java
index cdfdb12cd1..4f01d305e6 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel/HSSFRequest.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel/HSSFRequest.java
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
-import org.apache.poi.hssf.HSSFUserException;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.Record;
 import org.apache.poi.hssf.record.RecordFactory;
 
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel/HSSFUserException.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel/HSSFUserException.java
index 95f49db177..8a0a688b8e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel/HSSFUserException.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/eventmodel/HSSFUserException.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
  */
 
-package org.apache.poi.hssf;
+package org.apache.poi.hssf.eventmodel;
 
 /**
  * <p>This exception is provided as a way for API users to throw