diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClient.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClient.java
index b5720c023f095..4c2f4932de2f2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClient.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/transport/TransportClient.java
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ private static ClientTemplate buildTemplate(Settings providedSettings, Settings
             resourcesToClose.add(circuitBreakerService);
             PageCacheRecycler pageCacheRecycler = new PageCacheRecycler(settings);
             BigArrays bigArrays = new BigArrays(pageCacheRecycler, circuitBreakerService, CircuitBreaker.REQUEST);
-            resourcesToClose.add(pageCacheRecycler);
             modules.add(settingsModule);
             NetworkModule networkModule = new NetworkModule(settings, true, pluginsService.filterPlugins(NetworkPlugin.class), threadPool,
                 bigArrays, pageCacheRecycler, circuitBreakerService, namedWriteableRegistry, xContentRegistry, networkService, null);
@@ -376,7 +375,6 @@ public void close() {
             closeables.add(plugin);
         }
         closeables.add(() -> ThreadPool.terminate(injector.getInstance(ThreadPool.class), 10, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
-        closeables.add(injector.getInstance(PageCacheRecycler.class));
         IOUtils.closeWhileHandlingException(closeables);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/AbstractRecycler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/AbstractRecycler.java
index 05fa525972689..546d801d70b47 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/AbstractRecycler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/AbstractRecycler.java
@@ -28,9 +28,4 @@ protected AbstractRecycler(Recycler.C<T> c) {
         this.c = c;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void close() {
-        // no-op by default
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/ConcurrentDequeRecycler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/ConcurrentDequeRecycler.java
index 04103c5e274d9..54374cc3bdebe 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/ConcurrentDequeRecycler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/ConcurrentDequeRecycler.java
@@ -37,13 +37,6 @@ public ConcurrentDequeRecycler(C<T> c, int maxSize) {
         this.size = new AtomicInteger();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void close() {
-        assert deque.size() == size.get();
-        super.close();
-        size.set(0);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public V<T> obtain() {
         final V<T> v = super.obtain();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/DequeRecycler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/DequeRecycler.java
index a40befe9d8191..0f201133eceea 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/DequeRecycler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/DequeRecycler.java
@@ -36,16 +36,6 @@ public DequeRecycler(C<T> c, Deque<T> queue, int maxSize) {
         this.maxSize = maxSize;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void close() {
-        // call destroy() for every cached object
-        for (T t : deque) {
-            c.destroy(t);
-        }
-        // finally get rid of all references
-        deque.clear();
-    }
-
     @Override
     public V<T> obtain() {
         final T v = deque.pollFirst();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/FilterRecycler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/FilterRecycler.java
index 426185173e581..5011402f6d97a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/FilterRecycler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/FilterRecycler.java
@@ -34,9 +34,4 @@ public Recycler.V<T> obtain() {
         return wrap(getDelegate().obtain());
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void close() {
-        getDelegate().close();
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/NoneRecycler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/NoneRecycler.java
index 865182b88e104..102f1d424305a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/NoneRecycler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/NoneRecycler.java
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ public V<T> obtain() {
         return new NV<>(c.newInstance());
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void close() {
-        // no-op
-    }
-
     public static class NV<T> implements Recycler.V<T> {
 
         T value;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/Recycler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/Recycler.java
index 161e6463423f3..95a67fdf8e015 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/Recycler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/Recycler.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  * A recycled object, note, implementations should support calling obtain and then recycle
  * on different threads.
  */
-public interface Recycler<T> extends Releasable {
+public interface Recycler<T> {
 
     interface Factory<T> {
         Recycler<T> build();
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ interface V<T> extends Releasable {
 
     }
 
-    void close();
-
     V<T> obtain();
 
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/Recyclers.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/Recyclers.java
index 3ea9d17c25f19..5bfd3448e2336 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/Recyclers.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/Recyclers.java
@@ -145,13 +145,6 @@ protected Recycler<T> getDelegate() {
                 return recyclers[slot()];
             }
 
-            @Override
-            public void close() {
-                for (Recycler<T> recycler : recyclers) {
-                    recycler.close();
-                }
-            }
-
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/PageCacheRecycler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/PageCacheRecycler.java
index 4ca408e044170..40b9a8c7e9468 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/PageCacheRecycler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/util/PageCacheRecycler.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.common.util;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.util.RamUsageEstimator;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.lease.Releasable;
-import org.elasticsearch.common.lease.Releasables;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.recycler.AbstractRecyclerC;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.recycler.Recycler;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Setting;
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@
 import static org.elasticsearch.common.recycler.Recyclers.none;
 
 /** A recycler of fixed-size pages. */
-public class PageCacheRecycler implements Releasable {
+public class PageCacheRecycler {
 
     public static final Setting<Type> TYPE_SETTING =
         new Setting<>("cache.recycler.page.type", Type.CONCURRENT.name(), Type::parse, Property.NodeScope);
@@ -73,11 +71,6 @@ public class PageCacheRecycler implements Releasable {
         NON_RECYCLING_INSTANCE = new PageCacheRecycler(Settings.builder().put(LIMIT_HEAP_SETTING.getKey(), "0%").build());
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void close() {
-        Releasables.close(true, bytePage, intPage, longPage, objectPage);
-    }
-
     public PageCacheRecycler(Settings settings) {
         final Type type = TYPE_SETTING.get(settings);
         final long limit = LIMIT_HEAP_SETTING.get(settings).getBytes();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
index 4e8b81aea2e7b..3e3fef60febb1 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/node/Node.java
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ protected Node(
 
             PageCacheRecycler pageCacheRecycler = createPageCacheRecycler(settings);
             BigArrays bigArrays = createBigArrays(pageCacheRecycler, circuitBreakerService);
-            resourcesToClose.add(pageCacheRecycler);
             modules.add(settingsModule);
             List<NamedWriteableRegistry.Entry> namedWriteables = Stream.of(
                 NetworkModule.getNamedWriteables().stream(),
@@ -844,7 +843,6 @@ public synchronized void close() throws IOException {
         toClose.add(() -> stopWatch.stop());
 
         toClose.add(injector.getInstance(NodeEnvironment.class));
-        toClose.add(injector.getInstance(PageCacheRecycler.class));
 
         if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
             logger.trace("Close times for each service:\n{}", stopWatch.prettyPrint());
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/AbstractRecyclerTestCase.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/AbstractRecyclerTestCase.java
index be7799fcd6c67..d2d12b32da4e1 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/AbstractRecyclerTestCase.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/common/recycler/AbstractRecyclerTestCase.java
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ public void testReuse() {
             assertNotSame(b1, b2);
         }
         o.close();
-        r.close();
     }
 
     public void testRecycle() {
@@ -111,7 +110,6 @@ public void testRecycle() {
         o = r.obtain();
         assertRecycled(o.v());
         o.close();
-        r.close();
     }
 
     public void testDoubleRelease() {
@@ -128,7 +126,6 @@ public void testDoubleRelease() {
         final Recycler.V<byte[]> v2 = r.obtain();
         final Recycler.V<byte[]> v3 = r.obtain();
         assertNotSame(v2.v(), v3.v());
-        r.close();
     }
 
     public void testDestroyWhenOverCapacity() {
@@ -152,9 +149,6 @@ public void testDestroyWhenOverCapacity() {
         // release first ref, verify for destruction
         o.close();
         assertDead(data);
-
-        // close the rest
-        r.close();
     }
 
     public void testClose() {
@@ -171,10 +165,6 @@ public void testClose() {
 
         // verify that recycle() ran
         assertRecycled(data);
-
-        // closing the recycler should mark recycled instances via destroy()
-        r.close();
-        assertDead(data);
     }
 
 }