diff --git a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/data/NotificationsManager.java b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/data/NotificationsManager.java
index cae9735320..c422eed9f2 100644
--- a/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/data/NotificationsManager.java
+++ b/SingularityService/src/main/java/com/hubspot/singularity/data/NotificationsManager.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
 import org.apache.curator.utils.ZKPaths;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry;
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ public List<String> getBlacklist() {
     return cache.getUnchecked(BLACKLIST_ROOT);
   }
 
-  @NotNull private String getEmailPath(String email) {
+  private String getEmailPath(String email) {
     return ZKPaths.makePath(BLACKLIST_ROOT, email);
   }
 }