diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/AdapterStreamInput.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/AdapterStreamInput.java
index 66c6fb467d6..bb1ee572803 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/AdapterStreamInput.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/AdapterStreamInput.java
@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@ public abstract class AdapterStreamInput extends StreamInput {
         return in.readVLong();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public String readOptionalUTF() throws IOException {
-        return in.readOptionalUTF();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public String readUTF() throws IOException {
         return in.readUTF();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/AdapterStreamOutput.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/AdapterStreamOutput.java
index 72527aee28d..b5d4940d5b1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/AdapterStreamOutput.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/AdapterStreamOutput.java
@@ -107,11 +107,6 @@ public class AdapterStreamOutput extends StreamOutput {
         out.writeVLong(i);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void writeOptionalUTF(@Nullable String str) throws IOException {
-        super.writeOptionalUTF(str);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void writeUTF(String str) throws IOException {
         out.writeUTF(str);