diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/Policy.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/Policy.java
index 5aa22b9..7a591ac 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/Policy.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.core.filesystem/src/org/eclipse/core/internal/filesystem/Policy.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2015 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2016 IBM Corporation and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 import java.io.*;
 import java.util.Date;
 import org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.RuntimeLog;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.*;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
 
 /**
  * Grab bag of utility methods for the file system plugin
@@ -21,11 +22,6 @@
 public class Policy {
 	public static final String PI_FILE_SYSTEM = "org.eclipse.core.filesystem"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
-	public static void checkCanceled(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
-		if (monitor.isCanceled())
-			throw new OperationCanceledException();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Print a debug message to the console. 
 	 * Pre-pend the message with the current date and the name of the current thread.