diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-spanner-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/jdbc/StatementExecutor.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-spanner-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/jdbc/StatementExecutor.java
index 797599816af4..994c4c44d994 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-spanner-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/jdbc/StatementExecutor.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-spanner-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/jdbc/StatementExecutor.java
@@ -130,9 +130,8 @@ public boolean hasDuration() {
 
   /** Creates an {@link ExecutorService} for a {@link StatementExecutor}. */
   private static ExecutorService createExecutorService() {
-    return MoreExecutors.getExitingExecutorService(
-        new ThreadPoolExecutor(
-            1, 1, 0L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(), THREAD_FACTORY));
+    return new ThreadPoolExecutor(
+        1, 1, 0L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(), THREAD_FACTORY);
   }
 
   private ExecutorService executor = createExecutorService();