diff --git a/httpclient-cache/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/client/cache/AsynchronousValidator.java b/httpclient-cache/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/client/cache/AsynchronousValidator.java
index 385058ae6..9e8ab96f7 100644
--- a/httpclient-cache/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/client/cache/AsynchronousValidator.java
+++ b/httpclient-cache/src/main/java/org/apache/http/impl/client/cache/AsynchronousValidator.java
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ class AsynchronousValidator implements Closeable {
         this.cacheKeyGenerator = new CacheKeyGenerator();
     }
 
-    @Override
     public void close() throws IOException {
         executor.shutdown();
     }