diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/JSONResponseWriter.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/JSONResponseWriter.java
index 0fcf7201d34..462c6561870 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/JSONResponseWriter.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/response/JSONResponseWriter.java
@@ -691,11 +691,6 @@ class ArrayOfNamedValuePairJSONWriter extends JSONWriter {
     }
   }
 
-  @Override
-  public void writeArray(String name, List l) throws IOException {
-    super.writeArray(name, l);
-  }
-
   @Override
   public void writeNamedList(String name, NamedList val) throws IOException {
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/response/JSONWriterTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/response/JSONWriterTest.java
index 2dce08e6865..076d322437f 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/response/JSONWriterTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/response/JSONWriterTest.java
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ public class JSONWriterTest extends SolrTestCaseJ4 {
     methodsExpectedNotOverriden.add("writeMapOpener");
     methodsExpectedNotOverriden.add("writeMapSeparator");
     methodsExpectedNotOverriden.add("writeMapCloser");
+    methodsExpectedNotOverriden.add("public void org.apache.solr.response.JSONWriter.writeArray(java.lang.String,java.util.List) throws java.io.IOException");
     methodsExpectedNotOverriden.add("writeArrayOpener");
     methodsExpectedNotOverriden.add("writeArraySeparator");
     methodsExpectedNotOverriden.add("writeArrayCloser");