diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
index 1f3dc86f133..bf0bce684f0 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
@@ -1024,10 +1024,5 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler implements SolrCoreState
   public CommitTracker getSoftCommitTracker() {
     return softCommitTracker;
   }
-  
-  @Override
-  public SolrMetricsContext getSolrMetricsContext() {
-    return solrMetricsContext;
-  }
 
 }