diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java
index 0e99ab5be3d..1ce14d7ece2 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/HConnectionManager.java
@@ -318,31 +318,19 @@ public class HConnectionManager {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Delete information for all connections. Close or not the connection, depending on the
-   *  staleConnection boolean and the ref count. By default, you should use it with
-   *  staleConnection to true.
+   * Delete information for all connections.
    */
-  public static void deleteAllConnections(boolean staleConnection) {
+  public static void deleteAllConnections() {
     synchronized (CONNECTION_INSTANCES) {
       Set<HConnectionKey> connectionKeys = new HashSet<HConnectionKey>();
       connectionKeys.addAll(CONNECTION_INSTANCES.keySet());
       for (HConnectionKey connectionKey : connectionKeys) {
-        deleteConnection(connectionKey, staleConnection);
+        deleteConnection(connectionKey, false);
       }
       CONNECTION_INSTANCES.clear();
     }
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Delete information for all connections..
-   * @deprecated kept for backward compatibility, but the behavior is broken. HBASE-8983
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public static void deleteAllConnections() {
-    deleteAllConnections(false);
-  }
-
-
   private static void deleteConnection(HConnection connection, boolean staleConnection) {
     synchronized (CONNECTION_INSTANCES) {
       for (Entry<HConnectionKey, HConnectionImplementation> e: CONNECTION_INSTANCES.entrySet()) {
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MiniHBaseCluster.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MiniHBaseCluster.java
index fc48f6aa6bc..75cca706850 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MiniHBaseCluster.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/MiniHBaseCluster.java
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ public class MiniHBaseCluster extends HBaseCluster {
     if (this.hbaseCluster != null) {
       this.hbaseCluster.shutdown();
     }
-    HConnectionManager.deleteAllConnections(true);
+    HConnectionManager.deleteAllConnections();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationDisableInactivePeer.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationDisableInactivePeer.java
index 1d90d36859b..b089fbe8f29 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationDisableInactivePeer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/replication/TestReplicationDisableInactivePeer.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
-import java.util.Map;
-
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ public class TestReplicationDisableInactivePeer extends TestReplicationBase {
 
     // enabling and shutdown the peer
     admin.enablePeer("2");
-    utility2.getHBaseCluster().getMaster().shutdown();
+    utility2.shutdownMiniHBaseCluster();
 
     byte[] rowkey = Bytes.toBytes("disable inactive peer");
     Put put = new Put(rowkey);