diff --git a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundSynchronizingMessageSourceFactoryBean.java b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundSynchronizingMessageSourceFactoryBean.java
index c47008b7d9..ad3517cd63 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundSynchronizingMessageSourceFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/config/FtpInboundSynchronizingMessageSourceFactoryBean.java
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ class FtpInboundSynchronizingMessageSourceFactoryBean
 		synchronizer.setFilter(compositeFilter);
 		messageSource.setRemotePredicate(compositeFilter);
 		messageSource.setSynchronizer(synchronizer);
-		messageSource.setClientPool(queuedFtpClientPool);
 		messageSource.setLocalDirectory(this.localDirectoryResource);
 		messageSource.setBeanFactory(this.getBeanFactory());
 		messageSource.setAutoStartup(true);
diff --git a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSource.java b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSource.java
index 199a07fab8..298dd3a94f 100644
--- a/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSource.java
+++ b/spring-integration-ftp/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/ftp/inbound/FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSource.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPFile;
 
 import org.springframework.integration.file.synchronizer.AbstractInboundFileSynchronizer;
 import org.springframework.integration.file.synchronizer.AbstractInboundFileSynchronizingMessageSource;
-import org.springframework.integration.ftp.client.FtpClientPool;
 
 /**
  * A {@link org.springframework.integration.core.MessageSource} implementation for FTP.
@@ -30,13 +29,6 @@ import org.springframework.integration.ftp.client.FtpClientPool;
  */
 public class FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSource extends AbstractInboundFileSynchronizingMessageSource<FTPFile> {
 
-	private volatile FtpClientPool clientPool;
-
-
-	public void setClientPool(FtpClientPool clientPool) {
-		this.clientPool = clientPool;
-	}
-
 	public String getComponentType() {
 		return "ftp:inbound-channel-adapter";
 	}
@@ -49,9 +41,6 @@ public class FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizingMessageSource extends Abstra
 	@Override
 	protected void onInit() {
 		super.onInit();
-		if (this.synchronizer instanceof FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizer) {
-			((FtpInboundRemoteFileSystemSynchronizer) this.synchronizer).setClientPool(this.clientPool);
-		}
 	}
 
 }