diff --git a/server/protocols/protocols-smtp/src/test/java/org/apache/james/smtpserver/FutureReleaseTest.java b/server/protocols/protocols-smtp/src/test/java/org/apache/james/smtpserver/FutureReleaseTest.java
index bd0f4fc17be..7ccd6bca6c5 100644
--- a/server/protocols/protocols-smtp/src/test/java/org/apache/james/smtpserver/FutureReleaseTest.java
+++ b/server/protocols/protocols-smtp/src/test/java/org/apache/james/smtpserver/FutureReleaseTest.java
@@ -135,15 +135,11 @@ protected void createMailRepositoryStore() throws Exception {
         mailRepositoryStore.init();
     }
 
-    protected SMTPServer createSMTPServer(SmtpMetricsImpl smtpMetrics) {
-        return new SMTPServer(smtpMetrics, dnsServer, chain, fileSystem);
-    }
-
     protected void setUpSMTPServer() {
         SmtpMetricsImpl smtpMetrics = mock(SmtpMetricsImpl.class);
         when(smtpMetrics.getCommandsMetric()).thenReturn(mock(Metric.class));
         when(smtpMetrics.getConnectionMetric()).thenReturn(mock(Metric.class));
-        smtpServer = createSMTPServer(smtpMetrics);
+        smtpServer = new SMTPServer(smtpMetrics, dnsServer, chain, fileSystem);
     }
 
     protected void setUpFakeLoader() {