diff --git a/instrumentation/java-http-server/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/javahttpserver/AbstractJavaHttpServerTest.java b/instrumentation/java-http-server/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/javahttpserver/AbstractJavaHttpServerTest.java
index 2876bf7479d8..dbce1d04a00a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/java-http-server/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/javahttpserver/AbstractJavaHttpServerTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/java-http-server/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/javahttpserver/AbstractJavaHttpServerTest.java
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ static void sendResponse(
       try (OutputStream os = exchange.getResponseBody()) {
         os.write(bytes);
       }
-    } else {
-      exchange.getResponseBody().close();
     }
   }