diff --git a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommand.java
index e49c8b6..f204f89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommand.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.extensions.restapi.RestApiException;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventDispatcher;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.GitRepositoryManager;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.PermissionBackend;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.PermissionBackendException;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectCache;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.project.ProjectState;
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@
   private final DynamicItem<EventDispatcher> eventDispatcher;
   private final ProjectCache projectCache;
   private final SourcesCollection sourcesCollection;
-  private final PermissionBackend permissionBackend;
   private final GitRepositoryManager gitManager;
 
   @Inject
@@ -59,14 +57,12 @@
       PullReplicationStateLogger fetchStateLog,
       ProjectCache projectCache,
       SourcesCollection sourcesCollection,
-      PermissionBackend permissionBackend,
       DynamicItem<EventDispatcher> eventDispatcher,
       LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider gitManagerProvider) {
     this.fetchStateLog = fetchStateLog;
     this.projectCache = projectCache;
     this.eventDispatcher = eventDispatcher;
     this.sourcesCollection = sourcesCollection;
-    this.permissionBackend = permissionBackend;
     this.gitManager = gitManagerProvider.get();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommandTest.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommandTest.java
index fc1b02c..6e40226 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommandTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/DeleteRefCommandTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.Event;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventDispatcher;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.git.LocalDiskRepositoryManager;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.PermissionBackend;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.PermissionBackend.ForProject;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.PermissionBackend.ForRef;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.permissions.PermissionBackend.WithUser;
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@
   @Mock private ProjectState projectState;
   @Mock private SourcesCollection sourceCollection;
   @Mock private Source source;
-  @Mock private PermissionBackend permissionBackend;
   @Mock private WithUser currentUser;
   @Mock private ForProject forProject;
   @Mock private ForRef forRef;
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@
             fetchStateLog,
             projectCache,
             sourceCollection,
-            permissionBackend,
             eventDispatcherDataItem,
             new LocalGitRepositoryManagerProvider(gitManager));
   }