diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp b/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
index d1ac3c37..7b5c336d 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ core:authorInAuthorship (Person : Authorship) - inverse of linkedAuthor
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.dao.WebappDaoFactory" %>
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.VitroRequest" %>
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.web.MiscWebUtils" %>
-<%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.StringUtils" %>
+<%@ page import="org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils" %>
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder.JavaScript" %>
 <%@ page import="edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.controller.freemarker.UrlBuilder.Css" %>
 
diff --git a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/PersonHasPublicationValidator.java b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/PersonHasPublicationValidator.java
index 7195e3e5..261660ee 100644
--- a/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/PersonHasPublicationValidator.java
+++ b/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/PersonHasPublicationValidator.java
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.n3editing;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Literal;
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.edit.n3editing.N3Validator;
-import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.StringUtils;
+import com.hp.hpl.jena.rdf.model.Literal;
 
 public class PersonHasPublicationValidator implements N3Validator {