diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/solr/SolrAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/solr/SolrAutoConfiguration.java
index 03b6ff5dda7..c356c53b246 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/solr/SolrAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/solr/SolrAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.solr;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import javax.annotation.PreDestroy;
-
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CloudSolrClient;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrClient;
@@ -51,13 +47,6 @@ public class SolrAutoConfiguration {
 		this.properties = properties;
 	}
 
-	@PreDestroy
-	public void close() throws IOException {
-		if (this.solrClient != null) {
-			this.solrClient.close();
-		}
-	}
-
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
 	public SolrClient solrClient() {