diff --git a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/LocalCommands.java b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/LocalCommands.java
index 625dae255391..3883e0257c5c 100644
--- a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/LocalCommands.java
+++ b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/LocalCommands.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public static LocalCommands open(
           + "' config in the properties file."
       );
     }
-    File file = new File(directory, String.format("local_commands_%d_%s%s",
+    final File file = new File(directory, String.format("local_commands_%d_%s%s",
         System.currentTimeMillis(), Integer.toHexString(RANDOM.nextInt()),
         LOCAL_COMMANDS_FILE_SUFFIX));
     return new LocalCommands(directory, ksqlEngine, LocalCommandsFile.createWriteable(file));
diff --git a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/LocalCommandsFile.java b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/LocalCommandsFile.java
index 307983b30aed..3dd52a17ae91 100644
--- a/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/LocalCommandsFile.java
+++ b/ksqldb-rest-app/src/main/java/io/confluent/ksql/rest/server/LocalCommandsFile.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package io.confluent.ksql.rest.server;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import io.confluent.ksql.util.KsqlException;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.File;