diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/CommonsHttpMessageSender.java b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/CommonsHttpMessageSender.java
index 96194c77..85fbd14b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/CommonsHttpMessageSender.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/CommonsHttpMessageSender.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2006 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Credentials;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HostConfiguration;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpURL;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpsURL;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager;
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.httpclient.UsernamePasswordCredentials;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthScope;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.methods.PostMethod;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.ws.transport.WebServiceConnection;
@@ -53,8 +51,7 @@ import org.springframework.ws.transport.WebServiceConnection;
  * @see #setCredentials(Credentials)
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
-public class CommonsHttpMessageSender extends AbstractHttpWebServiceMessageSender
-        implements InitializingBean, DisposableBean {
+public class CommonsHttpMessageSender extends AbstractHttpWebServiceMessageSender implements InitializingBean {
 
     private static final int DEFAULT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MILLISECONDS = (60 * 1000);
 
@@ -217,13 +214,6 @@ public class CommonsHttpMessageSender extends AbstractHttpWebServiceMessageSende
         }
     }
 
-    public void destroy() throws Exception {
-        HttpConnectionManager connectionManager = getHttpClient().getHttpConnectionManager();
-        if (connectionManager instanceof MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager) {
-            ((MultiThreadedHttpConnectionManager) connectionManager).shutdown();
-        }
-    }
-
     public WebServiceConnection createConnection(URI uri) throws IOException {
         PostMethod postMethod = new PostMethod(uri.toString());
         if (isAcceptGzipEncoding()) {