diff --git a/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/channel/PollableAmqpChannel.java b/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/channel/PollableAmqpChannel.java
index 34100a27e4..9f400b4189 100644
--- a/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/channel/PollableAmqpChannel.java
+++ b/spring-integration-amqp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/amqp/channel/PollableAmqpChannel.java
@@ -364,12 +364,4 @@ public class PollableAmqpChannel extends AbstractAmqpChannel
 		return this.executorInterceptorsSize > 0;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public void destroy() {
-		super.destroy();
-		if (this.receiveCounter != null) {
-			this.receiveCounter.remove();
-		}
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/AbstractPollableChannel.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/AbstractPollableChannel.java
index e97accd755..747fb32724 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/AbstractPollableChannel.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/AbstractPollableChannel.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.support.ExecutorChannelInterceptor;
 public abstract class AbstractPollableChannel extends AbstractMessageChannel
 		implements PollableChannel, PollableChannelManagement, ExecutorChannelInterceptorAware {
 
-	private volatile int executorInterceptorsSize;
+	private int executorInterceptorsSize;
 
 	private CounterFacade receiveCounter;
 
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractPollableChannel extends AbstractMessageChannel
 	/**
 	 * Receive the first available message from this channel. If the channel
 	 * contains no messages, this method will block.
-	 *
 	 * @return the first available message or <code>null</code> if the
 	 * receiving thread is interrupted.
 	 */
@@ -83,9 +82,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPollableChannel extends AbstractMessageChannel
 	 * elapses. If the specified timeout is 0, the method will return
 	 * immediately. If less than zero, it will block indefinitely (see
 	 * {@link #receive()}).
-	 *
 	 * @param timeout the timeout in milliseconds
-	 *
 	 * @return the first available message or <code>null</code> if no message
 	 * is available within the allotted time or the receiving thread is
 	 * interrupted.
@@ -97,8 +94,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractPollableChannel extends AbstractMessageChannel
 		Deque<ChannelInterceptor> interceptorStack = null;
 		boolean counted = false;
 		boolean countsEnabled = isCountsEnabled();
+		boolean traceEnabled = isLoggingEnabled() && logger.isTraceEnabled();
 		try {
-			if (isLoggingEnabled() && logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+			if (traceEnabled) {
 				logger.trace("preReceive on channel '" + this + "'");
 			}
 			if (interceptorList.getSize() > 0) {
@@ -110,7 +108,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractPollableChannel extends AbstractMessageChannel
 			}
 			Message<?> message = doReceive(timeout);
 			if (message == null) {
-				if (isLoggingEnabled() && logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+				if (traceEnabled) {
 					logger.trace("postReceive on channel '" + this + "', message is null");
 				}
 			}
@@ -121,10 +119,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractPollableChannel extends AbstractMessageChannel
 					counted = true;
 				}
 
-				if (isLoggingEnabled() && logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				if (traceEnabled) {
 					logger.debug("postReceive on channel '" + this + "', message: " + message);
 				}
-
 			}
 
 			if (interceptorStack != null && message != null) {
@@ -235,12 +232,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractPollableChannel extends AbstractMessageChannel
 	@Nullable
 	protected abstract Message<?> doReceive(long timeout);
 
-	@Override
-	public void destroy() {
-		super.destroy();
-		if (this.receiveCounter != null) {
-			this.receiveCounter.remove();
-		}
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/NullChannel.java b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/NullChannel.java
index 4b2a980822..eacb3eb1ca 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/NullChannel.java
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/NullChannel.java
@@ -251,13 +251,14 @@ public class NullChannel implements PollableChannel, MessageChannelMetrics,
 
 	private TimerFacade sendTimer() {
 		if (this.successTimer == null) {
-			this.successTimer = this.metricsCaptor.timerBuilder(SEND_TIMER_NAME)
-					.tag("type", "channel")
-					.tag("name", getComponentName() == null ? "nullChannel" : getComponentName())
-					.tag("result", "success")
-					.tag("exception", "none")
-					.description("Subflow process time")
-					.build();
+			this.successTimer =
+					this.metricsCaptor.timerBuilder(SEND_TIMER_NAME)
+							.tag("type", "channel")
+							.tag("name", getComponentName() == null ? "nullChannel" : getComponentName())
+							.tag("result", "success")
+							.tag("exception", "none")
+							.description("Subflow process time")
+							.build();
 		}
 		return this.successTimer;
 	}