diff --git a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/ZooKeeperServer.java b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/ZooKeeperServer.java
index 11ec1fb7413..2ae9259c2eb 100644
--- a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/ZooKeeperServer.java
+++ b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/ZooKeeperServer.java
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ public final void shutdown() {
      * Shut down the server instance
      * @param fullyShutDown true when no other server will use the same database to replace this one
      */
-    public final synchronized void shutdown(boolean fullyShutDown) {
+    public synchronized void shutdown(boolean fullyShutDown) {
         if (canShutdown()) {
             LOG.info("Shutting down");