diff --git a/jooby/src/main/java/io/jooby/DefaultContext.java b/jooby/src/main/java/io/jooby/DefaultContext.java
index c904127780..21302366ff 100644
--- a/jooby/src/main/java/io/jooby/DefaultContext.java
+++ b/jooby/src/main/java/io/jooby/DefaultContext.java
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.time.Instant;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
diff --git a/jooby/src/main/java/io/jooby/internal/RouterImpl.java b/jooby/src/main/java/io/jooby/internal/RouterImpl.java
index 33f7f6689b..e46c5c815f 100644
--- a/jooby/src/main/java/io/jooby/internal/RouterImpl.java
+++ b/jooby/src/main/java/io/jooby/internal/RouterImpl.java
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 import java.util.stream.IntStream;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
-import jakarta.validation.Validator;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -149,8 +148,6 @@ public Stack executor(Executor executor) {
 
   private Map<String, MessageDecoder> decoders = new HashMap<>();
 
-  private MessageValidator messageValidator = null;
-
   private Map<String, Object> attributes = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
   private ServiceRegistry services = new ServiceRegistryImpl();
@@ -372,18 +369,6 @@ public Router decoder(@NonNull MediaType contentType, @NonNull MessageDecoder de
     return this;
   }
 
-  @NonNull
-  @Override
-  public Router messageValidator(@NonNull Validator validator, @NonNull Predicate<Type> predicate) {
-    this.messageValidator = new MessageValidator(validator, predicate);
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public MessageValidator getMessageValidator() {
-    return messageValidator;
-  }
-
   @NonNull @Override
   public Executor getWorker() {
     return worker;