diff --git a/log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/internal/map/UnmodifiableArrayBackedMap.java b/log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/internal/map/UnmodifiableArrayBackedMap.java
index 078e8c7c70b..45f61cefd9f 100644
--- a/log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/internal/map/UnmodifiableArrayBackedMap.java
+++ b/log4j-api/src/main/java/org/apache/logging/log4j/internal/map/UnmodifiableArrayBackedMap.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.apache.logging.log4j.internal.map;
 
-import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.AbstractMap;
 import java.util.AbstractSet;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@
  * </ul>
  *
  */
-public class UnmodifiableArrayBackedMap extends AbstractMap<String, String> implements Serializable, ReadOnlyStringMap {
+public class UnmodifiableArrayBackedMap extends AbstractMap<String, String> implements ReadOnlyStringMap {
     /**
      * Implementation of Map.Entry. The implementation is simple since each instance
      * contains an index in the array, then getKey() and getValue() retrieve from