diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
index 91a57694b31..c136e92125e 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
@@ -1045,10 +1045,6 @@ public class HRegionServer extends HasThread implements
     if (this.hMemManager != null) this.hMemManager.stop();
     if (this.cacheFlusher != null) this.cacheFlusher.interruptIfNecessary();
     if (this.compactSplitThread != null) this.compactSplitThread.interruptIfNecessary();
-    if (this.compactionChecker != null) this.compactionChecker.cancel(true);
-    if (this.healthCheckChore != null) this.healthCheckChore.cancel(true);
-    if (this.nonceManagerChore != null) this.nonceManagerChore.cancel(true);
-    if (this.storefileRefresher != null) this.storefileRefresher.cancel(true);
     sendShutdownInterrupt();
 
     // Stop the quota manager