diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/xta/client/XtaClient.java b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/xta/client/XtaClient.java
index 5ba08b034ed137d03367109d58d6d48135f8b8bd..2b89768974e4e6021a4c59af71c365b6a61cf660 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/xta/client/XtaClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ozgcloud/xta/client/XtaClient.java
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ public class XtaClient {
 				.build();
 	}
 
-	public void close(@NotBlank String clientIdentifier, @NotBlank String messageId)
-			throws XTAWSTechnicalProblemException, PermissionDeniedException, InvalidMessageIDException {
-		service.close(messageId, deriveIdentifier(clientIdentifier));
-	}
 
 	XtaIdentifier deriveIdentifier(String xtaIdentifier) {
 		return config.getClientIdentifiers().stream()
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/xta/client/XtaClientTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/xta/client/XtaClientTest.java
index 6105b1ee6a5636c877964a815c17931b12fe9a9e..4d1bd7a748c621ce4c5d6024d2559cfa49fd862d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/xta/client/XtaClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ozgcloud/xta/client/XtaClientTest.java
@@ -168,20 +168,4 @@ class XtaClientTest {
 		}
 	}
 
-	@DisplayName("close")
-	@Nested
-	class TestClose {
-
-		@DisplayName("should call close")
-		@Test
-		@SneakyThrows
-		void shouldCallClose() {
-			doReturn(SELF_IDENTIFIER).when(client).deriveIdentifier(SELF_IDENTIFIER_VALUE);
-
-			client.close(SELF_IDENTIFIER_VALUE, MESSAGE_ID);
-
-			verify(service).close(MESSAGE_ID, SELF_IDENTIFIER);
-		}
-	}
-
 }
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