diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/FederatedDistributedPrimitiveCreator.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/FederatedDistributedPrimitiveCreator.java
index a095de1..4dc2bc4 100644
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/FederatedDistributedPrimitiveCreator.java
+++ b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/FederatedDistributedPrimitiveCreator.java
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@
 import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncConsistentMap;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncDistributedSet;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.AsyncLeaderElector;
-import org.onosproject.store.service.DistributedQueue;
-import org.onosproject.store.service.WorkQueue;
 import org.onosproject.store.service.Serializer;
+import org.onosproject.store.service.WorkQueue;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
@@ -84,11 +83,6 @@
     }
 
     @Override
-    public <E> DistributedQueue<E> newDistributedQueue(String name, Serializer serializer) {
-        return getCreator(name).newDistributedQueue(name, serializer);
-    }
-
-    @Override
     public AsyncLeaderElector newAsyncLeaderElector(String name) {
         checkNotNull(name);
         Map<PartitionId, AsyncLeaderElector> leaderElectors =