diff --git a/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/controller.js b/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/controller.js
index 58777bc1d7..4032ca3d87 100644
--- a/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/controller.js
+++ b/js/server/modules/@arangodb/foxx/controller.js
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 /// @author Copyright 2013, triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-const deprecated = require('@arangodb/deprecated');
 const RequestContext = require('@arangodb/foxx/request_context');
 const BaseMiddleware = require('@arangodb/foxx/base_middleware').BaseMiddleware;
 const _ = require('underscore');