diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreDescriptor.java b/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreDescriptor.java
index 1e495cb648a..c2abdf6418c 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreDescriptor.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/CoreDescriptor.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import java.io.File;
  *
  * @since solr 1.3
  */
-public class CoreDescriptor implements Cloneable {
+public class CoreDescriptor {
   protected String name;
   protected String instanceDir;
   protected String dataDir;