diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java
index acc5db9af..12c7c9e39 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cassandra/support/CassandraAccessor.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class CassandraAccessor implements InitializingBean {
 	/**
 	 * Return the exception translator for this instance.
 	 */
-	public synchronized CassandraExceptionTranslator getExceptionTranslator() {
+	public CassandraExceptionTranslator getExceptionTranslator() {
 		return this.exceptionTranslator;
 	}