diff --git a/solr/contrib/clustering/src/test-files/clustering/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/contrib/clustering/src/test-files/clustering/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 5256eede37a..e8bc13a2fc8 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/clustering/src/test-files/clustering/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/contrib/clustering/src/test-files/clustering/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -123,17 +123,6 @@
          The purpose is to enable easy caching of user/application level data.
          The regenerator argument should be specified as an implementation
          of solr.search.CacheRegenerator if autowarming is desired.  -->
-
-    <!-- Enable Circuit Breakers
-  -->
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <!-- Memory Circuit Breaker Threshold In Percentage
-
-    Post this percentage usage of the heap, incoming queries will be rejected
-      -->
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
     <!--
     <cache name="myUserCache"
       class="solr.CaffeineCache"
diff --git a/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 500e8f03d97..31902a3eae2 100644
--- a/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/contrib/prometheus-exporter/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -83,10 +83,6 @@
 
     <queryResultMaxDocsCached>200</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
 
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
     <listener event="newSearcher" class="solr.QuerySenderListener">
       <arr name="queries">
       </arr>
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrConfig.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrConfig.java
index 928a25cab10..bd0c45d721e 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrConfig.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrConfig.java
@@ -224,11 +224,6 @@ public class SolrConfig extends XmlConfigFile implements MapSerializable {
     queryResultWindowSize = Math.max(1, getInt("query/queryResultWindowSize", 1));
     queryResultMaxDocsCached = getInt("query/queryResultMaxDocsCached", Integer.MAX_VALUE);
     enableLazyFieldLoading = getBool("query/enableLazyFieldLoading", false);
-
-    useCircuitBreakers = getBool("query/useCircuitBreakers", false);
-    memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold = getInt("query/memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold", 100);
-
-    validateMemoryBreakerThreshold();
     
     useRangeVersionsForPeerSync = getBool("peerSync/useRangeVersions", true);
 
@@ -527,10 +522,6 @@ public class SolrConfig extends XmlConfigFile implements MapSerializable {
   public final int queryResultWindowSize;
   public final int queryResultMaxDocsCached;
   public final boolean enableLazyFieldLoading;
-
-  // Circuit Breaker Configuration
-  public final boolean useCircuitBreakers;
-  public final int memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold;
   
   public final boolean useRangeVersionsForPeerSync;
   
@@ -813,14 +804,6 @@ public class SolrConfig extends XmlConfigFile implements MapSerializable {
     loader.reloadLuceneSPI();
   }
 
-  private void validateMemoryBreakerThreshold() {
-    if (useCircuitBreakers) {
-      if (memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold > 100 || memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold < 0) {
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold is not a valid percentage");
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   public int getMultipartUploadLimitKB() {
     return multipartUploadLimitKB;
   }
@@ -890,8 +873,6 @@ public class SolrConfig extends XmlConfigFile implements MapSerializable {
     m.put("queryResultMaxDocsCached", queryResultMaxDocsCached);
     m.put("enableLazyFieldLoading", enableLazyFieldLoading);
     m.put("maxBooleanClauses", booleanQueryMaxClauseCount);
-    m.put("useCircuitBreakers", useCircuitBreakers);
-    m.put("memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold", memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold);
     for (SolrPluginInfo plugin : plugins) {
       List<PluginInfo> infos = getPluginInfos(plugin.clazz.getName());
       if (infos == null || infos.isEmpty()) continue;
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java
index 2a0c57a6e4b..9b635e49402 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCore.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ import org.apache.solr.common.util.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.NamedList;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.ObjectReleaseTracker;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.SimpleOrderedMap;
-import org.apache.solr.common.util.SolrNamedThreadFactory;
 import org.apache.solr.common.util.Utils;
 import org.apache.solr.core.DirectoryFactory.DirContext;
 import org.apache.solr.core.snapshots.SolrSnapshotManager;
@@ -158,13 +157,13 @@ import org.apache.solr.update.processor.RunUpdateProcessorFactory;
 import org.apache.solr.update.processor.UpdateRequestProcessorChain;
 import org.apache.solr.update.processor.UpdateRequestProcessorChain.ProcessorInfo;
 import org.apache.solr.update.processor.UpdateRequestProcessorFactory;
+import org.apache.solr.common.util.SolrNamedThreadFactory;
 import org.apache.solr.util.IOFunction;
 import org.apache.solr.util.NumberUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.util.PropertiesInputStream;
 import org.apache.solr.util.PropertiesOutputStream;
 import org.apache.solr.util.RefCounted;
 import org.apache.solr.util.TestInjection;
-import org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker.CircuitBreakerManager;
 import org.apache.solr.util.plugin.NamedListInitializedPlugin;
 import org.apache.solr.util.plugin.PluginInfoInitialized;
 import org.apache.solr.util.plugin.SolrCoreAware;
@@ -220,8 +219,6 @@ public final class SolrCore implements SolrInfoBean, Closeable {
   private final Codec codec;
   private final MemClassLoader memClassLoader;
 
-  private final CircuitBreakerManager circuitBreakerManager;
-
   private final List<Runnable> confListeners = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
 
   private final ReentrantLock ruleExpiryLock;
@@ -941,7 +938,6 @@ public final class SolrCore implements SolrInfoBean, Closeable {
       this.configSetProperties = configSet.getProperties();
       // Initialize the metrics manager
       this.coreMetricManager = initCoreMetricManager(solrConfig);
-      this.circuitBreakerManager = initCircuitBreakerManager();
       solrMetricsContext = coreMetricManager.getSolrMetricsContext();
       this.coreMetricManager.loadReporters();
 
@@ -1168,12 +1164,6 @@ public final class SolrCore implements SolrInfoBean, Closeable {
     return coreMetricManager;
   }
 
-  private CircuitBreakerManager initCircuitBreakerManager() {
-    CircuitBreakerManager circuitBreakerManager = CircuitBreakerManager.buildDefaultCircuitBreakerManager(this);
-
-    return circuitBreakerManager;
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void initializeMetrics(SolrMetricsContext parentContext, String scope) {
     newSearcherCounter = parentContext.counter("new", Category.SEARCHER.toString());
@@ -1509,10 +1499,6 @@ public final class SolrCore implements SolrInfoBean, Closeable {
     return updateProcessors;
   }
 
-  public CircuitBreakerManager getCircuitBreakerManager() {
-    return circuitBreakerManager;
-  }
-
   // this core current usage count
   private final AtomicInteger refCount = new AtomicInteger(1);
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/SearchHandler.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/SearchHandler.java
index 9b49f3f84e5..2051b204451 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/SearchHandler.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/SearchHandler.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.index.ExitableDirectoryReader;
@@ -52,18 +51,13 @@ import org.apache.solr.security.AuthorizationContext;
 import org.apache.solr.security.PermissionNameProvider;
 import org.apache.solr.util.RTimerTree;
 import org.apache.solr.util.SolrPluginUtils;
-import org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker.CircuitBreaker;
-import org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker.CircuitBreakerManager;
-import org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker.CircuitBreakerType;
 import org.apache.solr.util.plugin.PluginInfoInitialized;
 import org.apache.solr.util.plugin.SolrCoreAware;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import static org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams.DISTRIB;
-import static org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams.FAILURE;
 import static org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams.PATH;
-import static org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams.STATUS;
 
 
 /**
@@ -303,29 +297,6 @@ public class SearchHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements SolrCoreAware,
 
     final RTimerTree timer = rb.isDebug() ? req.getRequestTimer() : null;
 
-    Map<CircuitBreakerType, CircuitBreaker> trippedCircuitBreakers;
-
-    if (timer != null) {
-      RTimerTree subt = timer.sub("circuitbreaker");
-      rb.setTimer(subt.sub("circuitbreaker"));
-
-      CircuitBreakerManager circuitBreakerManager = req.getCore().getCircuitBreakerManager();
-      trippedCircuitBreakers = circuitBreakerManager.checkAllCircuitBreakers();
-
-      rb.getTimer().stop();
-      subt.stop();
-    } else {
-      CircuitBreakerManager circuitBreakerManager = req.getCore().getCircuitBreakerManager();
-      trippedCircuitBreakers = circuitBreakerManager.checkAllCircuitBreakers();
-    }
-
-    if (trippedCircuitBreakers != null) {
-      String errorMessage = CircuitBreakerManager.constructFinalErrorMessageString(trippedCircuitBreakers);
-      rsp.add(STATUS, FAILURE);
-      rsp.setException(new SolrException(SolrException.ErrorCode.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, "Circuit Breakers tripped " + errorMessage));
-      return;
-    }
-
     final ShardHandler shardHandler1 = getAndPrepShardHandler(req, rb); // creates a ShardHandler object only if it's needed
     
     if (timer == null) {
@@ -337,7 +308,7 @@ public class SearchHandler extends RequestHandlerBase implements SolrCoreAware,
       // debugging prepare phase
       RTimerTree subt = timer.sub( "prepare" );
       for( SearchComponent c : components ) {
-        rb.setTimer(subt.sub( c.getName() ) );
+        rb.setTimer( subt.sub( c.getName() ) );
         c.prepare(rb);
         rb.getTimer().stop();
       }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/CircuitBreaker.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/CircuitBreaker.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e7de82857b..00000000000
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/CircuitBreaker.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker;
-
-import org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore;
-
-/**
- * Default class to define circuit breakers for Solr.
- *
- * TODO: This class should be grown as the scope of circuit breakers grow.
- */
-public abstract class CircuitBreaker {
-  public static final String NAME = "circuitbreaker";
-
-  protected final SolrCore solrCore;
-
-  public CircuitBreaker(SolrCore solrCore) {
-    this.solrCore = solrCore;
-  }
-
-  // Global config for all circuit breakers. For specific circuit breaker configs, define
-  // your own config
-  protected boolean isCircuitBreakerEnabled() {
-    return solrCore.getSolrConfig().useCircuitBreakers;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Check if this allocation will trigger circuit breaker.
-   */
-  public abstract boolean isCircuitBreakerGauntletTripped();
-
-  /**
-   * Print debug useful info
-   */
-  public abstract String printDebugInfo();
-}
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/CircuitBreakerManager.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/CircuitBreakerManager.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 20f45e778be..00000000000
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/CircuitBreakerManager.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker;
-
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore;
-
-/**
- * Manages all registered circuit breaker instances. Responsible for a holistic view
- * of whether a circuit breaker has tripped or not.
- *
- * There are two typical ways of using this class's instance:
- * 1. Check if any circuit breaker has triggered -- and know which circuit breaker has triggered.
- * 2. Get an instance of a specific circuit breaker and perform checks.
- *
- * It is a good practice to register new circuit breakers here if you want them checked for every
- * request.
- *
- * NOTE: The current way of registering new default circuit breakers is minimal and not a long term
- * solution. There will be a follow up with a SIP for a schema API design.
- */
-public class CircuitBreakerManager {
-
-  private final Map<CircuitBreakerType, CircuitBreaker> circuitBreakerMap = new HashMap<>();
-
-  // Allows replacing of existing circuit breaker
-  public void registerCircuitBreaker(CircuitBreakerType circuitBreakerType, CircuitBreaker circuitBreaker) {
-    circuitBreakerMap.put(circuitBreakerType, circuitBreaker);
-  }
-
-  public CircuitBreaker getCircuitBreaker(CircuitBreakerType circuitBreakerType) {
-    assert circuitBreakerType != null;
-
-    return circuitBreakerMap.get(circuitBreakerType);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Check if any circuit breaker has triggered.
-   * @return CircuitBreakers which have triggered, null otherwise
-   */
-  public Map<CircuitBreakerType, CircuitBreaker> checkAllCircuitBreakers() {
-    Map<CircuitBreakerType, CircuitBreaker> triggeredCircuitBreakers = new HashMap<>();
-
-    for (Map.Entry<CircuitBreakerType, CircuitBreaker> entry : circuitBreakerMap.entrySet()) {
-      CircuitBreaker circuitBreaker = entry.getValue();
-
-      if (circuitBreaker.isCircuitBreakerEnabled() &&
-          circuitBreaker.isCircuitBreakerGauntletTripped()) {
-        triggeredCircuitBreakers.put(entry.getKey(), circuitBreaker);
-      }
-    }
-
-    return triggeredCircuitBreakers.size() > 0 ? triggeredCircuitBreakers : null;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Construct the final error message to be printed when circuit breakers trip
-   * @param circuitBreakerMap Input list for circuit breakers
-   * @return Constructed error message
-   */
-  public static String constructFinalErrorMessageString(Map<CircuitBreakerType, CircuitBreaker> circuitBreakerMap) {
-    assert circuitBreakerMap != null;
-
-    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-
-    for (CircuitBreakerType circuitBreakerType : circuitBreakerMap.keySet()) {
-      sb.append(circuitBreakerType.toString() + " " + circuitBreakerMap.get(circuitBreakerType).printDebugInfo());
-    }
-
-    return sb.toString();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Register default circuit breakers and return a constructed CircuitBreakerManager
-   * instance which serves the given circuit breakers.
-   *
-   * Any default circuit breakers should be registered here
-   */
-  public static CircuitBreakerManager buildDefaultCircuitBreakerManager(SolrCore solrCore) {
-    CircuitBreakerManager circuitBreakerManager = new CircuitBreakerManager();
-
-    // Install the default circuit breakers
-    CircuitBreaker memoryCircuitBreaker = new MemoryCircuitBreaker(solrCore);
-    circuitBreakerManager.registerCircuitBreaker(CircuitBreakerType.MEMORY, memoryCircuitBreaker);
-
-    return circuitBreakerManager;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/CircuitBreakerType.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/CircuitBreakerType.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 63db048a3f5..00000000000
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/CircuitBreakerType.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker;
-
-/**
- * Types of circuit breakers
- */
-public enum CircuitBreakerType {
-  MEMORY,
-  CPU
-}
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/MemoryCircuitBreaker.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/MemoryCircuitBreaker.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ae067e97e45..00000000000
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/circuitbreaker/MemoryCircuitBreaker.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker;
-
-import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
-import java.lang.management.MemoryMXBean;
-
-import org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore;
-
-public class MemoryCircuitBreaker extends CircuitBreaker {
-  private static final MemoryMXBean MEMORY_MX_BEAN = ManagementFactory.getMemoryMXBean();
-
-  private final long currentMaxHeap = MEMORY_MX_BEAN.getHeapMemoryUsage().getMax();
-
-  // Assumption -- the value of these parameters will be set correctly before invoking printDebugInfo()
-  private ThreadLocal<Long> seenMemory = new ThreadLocal<>();
-  private ThreadLocal<Long> allowedMemory = new ThreadLocal<>();
-
-  public MemoryCircuitBreaker(SolrCore solrCore) {
-    super(solrCore);
-
-    if (currentMaxHeap <= 0) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid JVM state for the max heap usage");
-    }
-  }
-
-  // TODO: An optimization can be to trip the circuit breaker for a duration of time
-  // after the circuit breaker condition is matched. This will optimize for per call
-  // overhead of calculating the condition parameters but can result in false positives.
-  @Override
-  public boolean isCircuitBreakerGauntletTripped() {
-    if (!isCircuitBreakerEnabled()) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    allowedMemory.set(getCurrentMemoryThreshold());
-
-    seenMemory.set(calculateLiveMemoryUsage());
-
-    return (seenMemory.get() >= allowedMemory.get());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public String printDebugInfo() {
-    return "seenMemory=" + seenMemory.get() + " allowedMemory=" + allowedMemory.get();
-  }
-
-  private long getCurrentMemoryThreshold() {
-    int thresholdValueInPercentage = solrCore.getSolrConfig().memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold;
-    double thresholdInFraction = thresholdValueInPercentage / (double) 100;
-    long actualLimit = (long) (currentMaxHeap * thresholdInFraction);
-
-    if (actualLimit <= 0) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException("Memory limit cannot be less than or equal to zero");
-    }
-
-    return actualLimit;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Calculate the live memory usage for the system. This method has package visibility
-   * to allow using for testing
-   * @return Memory usage in bytes
-   */
-  protected long calculateLiveMemoryUsage() {
-    // NOTE: MemoryUsageGaugeSet provides memory usage statistics but we do not use them
-    // here since MemoryUsageGaugeSet provides combination of heap and non heap usage and
-    // we are not looking into non heap usage here. Ideally, this call should not add noticeable
-    // latency to a query -- but if it does, please signify on SOLR-14588
-    return MEMORY_MX_BEAN.getHeapMemoryUsage().getUsed();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/solr/core/src/resources/EditableSolrConfigAttributes.json b/solr/core/src/resources/EditableSolrConfigAttributes.json
index d5b5bd9d04c..ed61e1ffa89 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/resources/EditableSolrConfigAttributes.json
+++ b/solr/core/src/resources/EditableSolrConfigAttributes.json
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@
     "queryResultMaxDocsCached":1,
     "enableLazyFieldLoading":1,
     "boolTofilterOptimizer":1,
-    "useCircuitBreakers":10,
-    "memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold":20,
     "maxBooleanClauses":1},
   "jmx":{
     "agentId":0,
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-cache-enable-disable.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-cache-enable-disable.xml
index 32dff76c29e..29e1799d5d9 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-cache-enable-disable.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-cache-enable-disable.xml
@@ -70,10 +70,6 @@
 
     <queryResultWindowSize>10</queryResultWindowSize>
 
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
     <!-- boolToFilterOptimizer converts boolean clauses with zero boost
          into cached filters if the number of docs selected by the clause exceeds
          the threshold (represented as a fraction of the total index)
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-elevate.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-elevate.xml
index cbc0cffdfb7..75d36c9b580 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-elevate.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-elevate.xml
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@
 
     <queryResultWindowSize>10</queryResultWindowSize>
 
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
     <!-- boolToFilterOptimizer converts boolean clauses with zero boost
          into cached filters if the number of docs selected by the clause exceeds
          the threshold (represented as a fraction of the total index)
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-implicitproperties.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-implicitproperties.xml
index aa6cf5975de..5ef9d723369 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-implicitproperties.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-implicitproperties.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
     <enableLazyFieldLoading>true</enableLazyFieldLoading>
     <queryResultWindowSize>20</queryResultWindowSize>
     <queryResultMaxDocsCached>20</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
 
     <useColdSearcher>true</useColdSearcher>
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-memory-circuitbreaker.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-memory-circuitbreaker.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ba114d5a02f..00000000000
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-memory-circuitbreaker.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" ?>
-
-<!--
- Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
--->
-
-<config>
-  <luceneMatchVersion>${tests.luceneMatchVersion:LATEST}</luceneMatchVersion>
-  <dataDir>${solr.data.dir:}</dataDir>
-  <xi:include href="solrconfig.snippet.randomindexconfig.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
-  <directoryFactory name="DirectoryFactory" class="${solr.directoryFactory:solr.RAMDirectoryFactory}"/>
-  <schemaFactory class="ClassicIndexSchemaFactory"/>
-  <requestHandler name="/select" class="solr.SearchHandler" />
-
-  <query>
-    <!-- Maximum number of clauses in a boolean query... can affect
-        range or wildcard queries that expand to big boolean
-        queries.  An exception is thrown if exceeded.
-    -->
-    <maxBooleanClauses>${solr.max.booleanClauses:1024}</maxBooleanClauses>
-
-    <!-- Cache specification for Filters or DocSets - unordered set of *all* documents
-         that match a particular query.
-      -->
-    <filterCache
-      enabled="${filterCache.enabled}"
-      size="512"
-      initialSize="512"
-      autowarmCount="2"/>
-
-    <queryResultCache
-      enabled="${queryResultCache.enabled}"
-      size="512"
-      initialSize="512"
-      autowarmCount="2"/>
-
-    <documentCache
-      enabled="${documentCache.enabled}"
-      size="512"
-      initialSize="512"
-      autowarmCount="0"/>
-
-    <cache
-      name="user_definied_cache_XXX"
-      enabled="${user_definied_cache_XXX.enabled:false}"
-      />
-    <cache
-      name="user_definied_cache_ZZZ"
-      enabled="${user_definied_cache_ZZZ.enabled:false}"
-      />
-
-
-
-    <!-- If true, stored fields that are not requested will be loaded lazily.
-    -->
-    <enableLazyFieldLoading>true</enableLazyFieldLoading>
-
-    <queryResultWindowSize>10</queryResultWindowSize>
-
-    <useCircuitBreakers>true</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>75</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
-    <!-- boolToFilterOptimizer converts boolean clauses with zero boost
-         into cached filters if the number of docs selected by the clause exceeds
-         the threshold (represented as a fraction of the total index)
-    -->
-    <boolTofilterOptimizer enabled="false" cacheSize="32" threshold=".05"/>
-
-  </query>
-
-  <initParams path="/select">
-    <lst name="defaults">
-      <str name="df">text</str>
-    </lst>
-  </initParams>
-
-</config>
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-sortingresponse.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-sortingresponse.xml
index 2c190d8be66..1bb3c97a225 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-sortingresponse.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig-sortingresponse.xml
@@ -35,10 +35,6 @@
 
     <queryResultMaxDocsCached>200</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
 
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
     <documentCache size="512"
                    initialSize="512"
                    autowarmCount="0"/>
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
index f1624af5842..f57b1490ca0 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -119,16 +119,6 @@
     -->
     <enableLazyFieldLoading>true</enableLazyFieldLoading>
 
-    <!-- Enable Circuit Breakers
-      -->
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <!-- Memory Circuit Breaker Threshold In Percentage
-
-    Post this percentage usage of the heap, incoming queries will be rejected
-      -->
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>80</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
     <!--
 
     <cache name="myUserCache"
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig_perf.xml b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig_perf.xml
index 1a534a2ef90..29fbd3d6f97 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig_perf.xml
+++ b/solr/core/src/test-files/solr/collection1/conf/solrconfig_perf.xml
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@
     <enableLazyFieldLoading>true</enableLazyFieldLoading>
     <queryResultWindowSize>20</queryResultWindowSize>
     <queryResultMaxDocsCached>200</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
     <useColdSearcher>false</useColdSearcher>
 
   </query>
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCoreTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCoreTest.java
index 216a4db7793..09b481ce156 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCoreTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/SolrCoreTest.java
@@ -266,8 +266,6 @@ public class SolrCoreTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     assertEquals("wrong config for maxBooleanClauses", 1024, solrConfig.booleanQueryMaxClauseCount);
     assertEquals("wrong config for enableLazyFieldLoading", true, solrConfig.enableLazyFieldLoading);
     assertEquals("wrong config for queryResultWindowSize", 10, solrConfig.queryResultWindowSize);
-    assertEquals("wrong config for useCircuitBreakers", false, solrConfig.useCircuitBreakers);
-    assertEquals("wrong config for memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold", 80, solrConfig.memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestConfigOverlay.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestConfigOverlay.java
index 866596cde5b..1c39fa98683 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestConfigOverlay.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/core/TestConfigOverlay.java
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ public class TestConfigOverlay extends SolrTestCase {
     assertTrue(isEditableProp("query.queryResultMaxDocsCached", false, null));
     assertTrue(isEditableProp("query.enableLazyFieldLoading", false, null));
     assertTrue(isEditableProp("query.boolTofilterOptimizer", false, null));
-    assertTrue(isEditableProp("query.useCircuitBreakers", false, null));
-    assertTrue(isEditableProp("query.memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold", false, null));
     assertTrue(isEditableProp("jmx.agentId", false, null));
     assertTrue(isEditableProp("jmx.serviceUrl", false, null));
     assertTrue(isEditableProp("jmx.rootName", false, null));
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/util/TestCircuitBreaker.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/util/TestCircuitBreaker.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ad6295dd43a..00000000000
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/util/TestCircuitBreaker.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,190 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.solr.util;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
-
-import org.apache.solr.SolrTestCaseJ4;
-import org.apache.solr.common.SolrException;
-import org.apache.solr.common.params.CommonParams;
-import org.apache.solr.common.util.ExecutorUtil;
-import org.apache.solr.common.util.SolrNamedThreadFactory;
-import org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore;
-import org.apache.solr.search.QueryParsing;
-import org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker.CircuitBreaker;
-import org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker.CircuitBreakerType;
-import org.apache.solr.util.circuitbreaker.MemoryCircuitBreaker;
-import org.junit.AfterClass;
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
-
-public class TestCircuitBreaker extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
-  private final static int NUM_DOCS = 20;
-
-  @BeforeClass
-  public static void setUpClass() throws Exception {
-    System.setProperty("filterCache.enabled", "false");
-    System.setProperty("queryResultCache.enabled", "false");
-    System.setProperty("documentCache.enabled", "true");
-
-    initCore("solrconfig-memory-circuitbreaker.xml", "schema.xml");
-    for (int i = 0 ; i < NUM_DOCS ; i ++) {
-      assertU(adoc("name", "john smith", "id", "1"));
-      assertU(adoc("name", "johathon smith", "id", "2"));
-      assertU(adoc("name", "john percival smith", "id", "3"));
-
-      //commit inside the loop to get multiple segments to make search as realistic as possible
-      assertU(commit());
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void tearDown() throws Exception {
-    super.tearDown();
-  }
-
-  @AfterClass
-  public static void afterClass() {
-    System.clearProperty("filterCache.enabled");
-    System.clearProperty("queryResultCache.enabled");
-    System.clearProperty("documentCache.enabled");
-  }
-
-  public void testCBAlwaysTrips() throws IOException {
-    HashMap<String, String> args = new HashMap<String, String>();
-
-    args.put(QueryParsing.DEFTYPE, CircuitBreaker.NAME);
-    args.put(CommonParams.FL, "id");
-
-    CircuitBreaker circuitBreaker = new MockCircuitBreaker(h.getCore());
-
-    h.getCore().getCircuitBreakerManager().registerCircuitBreaker(CircuitBreakerType.MEMORY, circuitBreaker);
-
-    expectThrows(SolrException.class, () -> {
-      h.query(req("name:\"john smith\""));
-    });
-  }
-
-  public void testCBFakeMemoryPressure() throws IOException {
-    HashMap<String, String> args = new HashMap<String, String>();
-
-    args.put(QueryParsing.DEFTYPE, CircuitBreaker.NAME);
-    args.put(CommonParams.FL, "id");
-
-    CircuitBreaker circuitBreaker = new FakeMemoryPressureCircuitBreaker(h.getCore());
-
-    h.getCore().getCircuitBreakerManager().registerCircuitBreaker(CircuitBreakerType.MEMORY, circuitBreaker);
-
-    expectThrows(SolrException.class, () -> {
-      h.query(req("name:\"john smith\""));
-    });
-  }
-
-  public void testBuildingMemoryPressure() {
-    ExecutorService executor = ExecutorUtil.newMDCAwareCachedThreadPool(
-        new SolrNamedThreadFactory("TestCircuitBreaker"));
-    HashMap<String, String> args = new HashMap<String, String>();
-
-    args.put(QueryParsing.DEFTYPE, CircuitBreaker.NAME);
-    args.put(CommonParams.FL, "id");
-
-    AtomicInteger failureCount = new AtomicInteger();
-
-    try {
-      CircuitBreaker circuitBreaker = new BuildingUpMemoryPressureCircuitBreaker(h.getCore());
-
-      h.getCore().getCircuitBreakerManager().registerCircuitBreaker(CircuitBreakerType.MEMORY, circuitBreaker);
-
-      for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-        executor.submit(() -> {
-          try {
-            h.query(req("name:\"john smith\""));
-          } catch (SolrException e) {
-            failureCount.incrementAndGet();
-          } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage());
-          }
-        });
-      }
-
-      executor.shutdown();
-      try {
-        executor.awaitTermination(Long.MAX_VALUE, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
-      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-        throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage());
-      }
-
-      assertEquals("Number of failed queries is not correct", 1, failureCount.get());
-    } finally {
-      if (!executor.isShutdown()) {
-        executor.shutdown();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  private class MockCircuitBreaker extends CircuitBreaker {
-
-    public MockCircuitBreaker(SolrCore solrCore) {
-      super(solrCore);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isCircuitBreakerGauntletTripped() {
-      // Always return true
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String printDebugInfo() {
-      return "MockCircuitBreaker";
-    }
-  }
-
-  private class FakeMemoryPressureCircuitBreaker extends MemoryCircuitBreaker {
-
-    public FakeMemoryPressureCircuitBreaker(SolrCore solrCore) {
-      super(solrCore);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected long calculateLiveMemoryUsage() {
-      // Return a number large enough to trigger a pushback from the circuit breaker
-      return Long.MAX_VALUE;
-    }
-  }
-
-  private class BuildingUpMemoryPressureCircuitBreaker extends MemoryCircuitBreaker {
-    private AtomicInteger count = new AtomicInteger();
-
-    public BuildingUpMemoryPressureCircuitBreaker(SolrCore solrCore) {
-      super(solrCore);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected long calculateLiveMemoryUsage() {
-      if (count.getAndIncrement() >= 4) {
-        return Long.MAX_VALUE;
-      }
-
-      return 5; // Random number guaranteed to not trip the circuit breaker
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/db/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/db/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 427c1645833..11270930681 100644
--- a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/db/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/db/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -502,16 +502,6 @@
      -->
    <queryResultMaxDocsCached>200</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
 
-    <!-- Enable Circuit Breakers
-  -->
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <!-- Memory Circuit Breaker Threshold In Percentage
-
-    Post this percentage usage of the heap, incoming queries will be rejected
-      -->
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
    <!-- Query Related Event Listeners
 
         Various IndexSearcher related events can trigger Listeners to
diff --git a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/mail/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/mail/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 6ba975896d6..91b99573539 100644
--- a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/mail/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/mail/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -505,16 +505,6 @@
      -->
    <queryResultMaxDocsCached>200</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
 
-    <!-- Enable Circuit Breakers
-  -->
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <!-- Memory Circuit Breaker Threshold In Percentage
-
-    Post this percentage usage of the heap, incoming queries will be rejected
-      -->
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
    <!-- Query Related Event Listeners
 
         Various IndexSearcher related events can trigger Listeners to
diff --git a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 28a9b497eab..56e7ed68f1e 100644
--- a/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/example-DIH/solr/solr/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -502,16 +502,6 @@
      -->
    <queryResultMaxDocsCached>200</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
 
-    <!-- Enable Circuit Breakers
-  -->
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <!-- Memory Circuit Breaker Threshold In Percentage
-
-    Post this percentage usage of the heap, incoming queries will be rejected
-      -->
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
    <!-- Query Related Event Listeners
 
         Various IndexSearcher related events can trigger Listeners to
diff --git a/solr/example/files/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/example/files/conf/solrconfig.xml
index c400a44cf93..d16d4bf8557 100644
--- a/solr/example/files/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/example/files/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -498,16 +498,6 @@
       -->
     <queryResultMaxDocsCached>200</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
 
-    <!-- Enable Circuit Breakers
-      -->
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <!-- Memory Circuit Breaker Threshold In Percentage
-
-    Post this percentage usage of the heap, incoming queries will be rejected
-      -->
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
     <!-- Query Related Event Listeners
 
          Various IndexSearcher related events can trigger Listeners to
diff --git a/solr/server/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/server/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml
index b92ecabd067..db0e9068ecc 100644
--- a/solr/server/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/server/solr/configsets/_default/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -513,16 +513,6 @@
       -->
     <queryResultMaxDocsCached>200</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
 
-    <!-- Enable Circuit Breakers
-      -->
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <!-- Memory Circuit Breaker Threshold In Percentage
-
-    Post this percentage usage of the heap, incoming queries will be rejected
-      -->
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
     <!-- Query Related Event Listeners
 
          Various IndexSearcher related events can trigger Listeners to
diff --git a/solr/server/solr/configsets/sample_techproducts_configs/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/server/solr/configsets/sample_techproducts_configs/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 45a5ef8e458..554a82e0bff 100644
--- a/solr/server/solr/configsets/sample_techproducts_configs/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/server/solr/configsets/sample_techproducts_configs/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -554,16 +554,6 @@
      -->
    <queryResultMaxDocsCached>200</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
 
-    <!-- Enable Circuit Breakers
-      -->
-    <useCircuitBreakers>false</useCircuitBreakers>
-
-    <!-- Memory Circuit Breaker Threshold In Percentage
-
-    Post this percentage usage of the heap, incoming queries will be rejected
-      -->
-    <memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>100</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-
    <!-- Query Related Event Listeners
 
         Various IndexSearcher related events can trigger Listeners to
diff --git a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/config-api.adoc b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/config-api.adoc
index 8b472eb3912..21227e4b10e 100644
--- a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/config-api.adoc
+++ b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/config-api.adoc
@@ -202,10 +202,6 @@ _Query Sizing and Warming_
 * `query.queryResultWindowSize`
 * `query.queryResultMaxDocCached`
 
-_Query JVM Metrics Control_
-* `query.useCircuitBreakers`
-* `query.memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold`
-
 *RequestDispatcher Settings*
 
 See <<requestdispatcher-in-solrconfig.adoc#requestdispatcher-in-solrconfig,RequestDispatcher in SolrConfig>> for defaults and acceptable values for these settings.
diff --git a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/query-settings-in-solrconfig.adoc b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/query-settings-in-solrconfig.adoc
index b9ac9a00d1d..e9fbdd9eabe 100644
--- a/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/query-settings-in-solrconfig.adoc
+++ b/solr/solr-ref-guide/src/query-settings-in-solrconfig.adoc
@@ -172,24 +172,6 @@ This parameter sets the maximum number of documents to cache for any entry in th
 <queryResultMaxDocsCached>200</queryResultMaxDocsCached>
 ----
 
-=== useCircuitBreakers
-
-This parameter allows enabling circuit breakers for query control.
-
-[source,xml]
-----
-<useCircuitBreakers>true</useCircuitBreakers>
-----
-
-=== memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold
-
-Memory threshold in percentage for JVM heap usage
-
-[source,xml]
-----
-<memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>75</memoryCircuitBreakerThreshold>
-----
-
 === useColdSearcher
 
 This setting controls whether search requests for which there is not a currently registered searcher should wait for a new searcher to warm up (false) or proceed immediately (true). When set to "false", requests will block until the searcher has warmed its caches.