diff --git a/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/AxisServlet.java b/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/AxisServlet.java
index 77875126ec..f070788576 100644
--- a/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/AxisServlet.java
+++ b/modules/transport/http/src/main/java/org/apache/axis2/transport/http/AxisServlet.java
@@ -593,15 +593,6 @@ public void destroy() {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.info(e.getMessage());
         }
-        // AXIS2-4898: MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager starts a thread that is not stopped by the
-        // shutdown of the connection manager. If we want to avoid a resource leak, we need to call
-        // shutdownAll here.
-        try {
-            Class.forName("org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager").getMethod("shutdownAll").invoke(null);
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            log.error("Failed to shut down MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager", ex);
-        }
-
     }
 
     private String getHTTPClientVersion() {