diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kickstarter/dropwizard/metrics/influxdb/io/InfluxDbHttpWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/kickstarter/dropwizard/metrics/influxdb/io/InfluxDbHttpWriter.java
index fbd4e6b..d21bed9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kickstarter/dropwizard/metrics/influxdb/io/InfluxDbHttpWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kickstarter/dropwizard/metrics/influxdb/io/InfluxDbHttpWriter.java
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@
  * An {@link InfluxDbWriter} that writes to an HTTP/S server using a {@link Client}.
  */
 public class InfluxDbHttpWriter implements InfluxDbWriter {
-  private final Client client;
   private final WebTarget influxLines;
 
   public InfluxDbHttpWriter(final Client client, final String endpoint) {
-    this.client = client;
     this.influxLines = client.target(endpoint);
   }
 
@@ -36,9 +34,7 @@ public void writeBytes(final byte[] bytes) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void close() throws IOException {
-    client.close();
-  }
+  public void close() throws IOException {} // NOOP
 
   // ===================================================================================================================
   // Builder