diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClient.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClient.java
index af99081d3a..d0acdacc58 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-fabric8-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/fabric8/discovery/KubernetesDiscoveryClient.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class KubernetesDiscoveryClient implements DiscoveryClient, EnvironmentAw
 
 	private final Fabric8DiscoveryServicesAdapter adapter;
 
-	private KubernetesClient client;
+	private final KubernetesClient client;
 
 	private KubernetesNamespaceProvider namespaceProvider;
 
@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@ public KubernetesDiscoveryClient(KubernetesClient client,
 				kubernetesDiscoveryProperties, filter);
 	}
 
-	public KubernetesClient getClient() {
-		return this.client;
-	}
-
-	public void setClient(KubernetesClient client) {
-		this.client = client;
-	}
-
 	@Override
 	public String description() {
 		return "Fabric8 Kubernetes Discovery Client";