diff --git a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/servlets/CallbackServlet.java b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/servlets/CallbackServlet.java
index dcde5f25a..7d392f61e 100644
--- a/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/servlets/CallbackServlet.java
+++ b/navalplanner-webapp/src/main/java/org/navalplanner/web/servlets/CallbackServlet.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.Validate;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 /**
  * Servlet that allows to register custom responses. It must be declared at
@@ -48,8 +46,6 @@ public class CallbackServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
     private static final String MAPPING = "/callback/";
 
-    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(CallbackServlet.class);
-
     private static final long CLEANING_PERIOD_MILLIS = 1000 * 60 * 10; // ten
     // minutes
 
@@ -141,15 +137,8 @@ public class CallbackServlet extends HttpServlet {
     }
 
     private void scheduleTimer() {
-        try {
-            cleaningTimer.schedule(cleaningTask(), CLEANING_PERIOD_MILLIS,
-                    CLEANING_PERIOD_MILLIS);
-        } catch (Throwable e) {
-            LOG
-                    .error(
-                            "can't start cleaning timer. A memory leak will be caused!",
-                            e);
-        }
+        cleaningTimer.schedule(cleaningTask(), CLEANING_PERIOD_MILLIS,
+                CLEANING_PERIOD_MILLIS);
     }
 
     private TimerTask cleaningTask() {