diff --git a/client/trino-client/src/main/java/io/trino/client/auth/external/CompositeRedirectHandler.java b/client/trino-client/src/main/java/io/trino/client/auth/external/CompositeRedirectHandler.java
index d86cd02ab504..7f07d4a61f93 100644
--- a/client/trino-client/src/main/java/io/trino/client/auth/external/CompositeRedirectHandler.java
+++ b/client/trino-client/src/main/java/io/trino/client/auth/external/CompositeRedirectHandler.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
 import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.toImmutableList;
-import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;
 
 public class CompositeRedirectHandler
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ public CompositeRedirectHandler(List<ExternalRedirectStrategy> strategies)
     @Override
     public void redirectTo(URI uri) throws RedirectException
     {
-        RedirectException redirectException = new RedirectException(format("Could not redirect to " + uri));
+        RedirectException redirectException = new RedirectException("Could not redirect to " + uri);
         for (RedirectHandler handler : handlers) {
             try {
                 handler.redirectTo(uri);