diff --git a/google-http-client-apache-v2/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/http/apache/v2/ApacheHttpTransportTest.java b/google-http-client-apache-v2/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/http/apache/v2/ApacheHttpTransportTest.java
index f6800ff47..be6f983c6 100644
--- a/google-http-client-apache-v2/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/http/apache/v2/ApacheHttpTransportTest.java
+++ b/google-http-client-apache-v2/src/test/java/com/google/api/client/http/apache/v2/ApacheHttpTransportTest.java
@@ -321,38 +321,4 @@ public void handle(HttpExchange httpExchange) throws IOException {
   private boolean isWindows() {
     return System.getProperty("os.name").startsWith("Windows");
   }
-
-  @Test(timeout = 10_000L)
-  public void testDisconnectShouldNotWaitToReadResponse() throws IOException {
-    // This handler waits for 100s before returning writing content. The test should
-    // timeout if disconnect waits for the response before closing the connection.
-    final HttpHandler handler =
-        new HttpHandler() {
-          @Override
-          public void handle(HttpExchange httpExchange) throws IOException {
-            byte[] response = httpExchange.getRequestURI().toString().getBytes();
-            httpExchange.sendResponseHeaders(200, response.length);
-
-            // Sleep for longer than the test timeout
-            try {
-              Thread.sleep(100_000);
-            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-              throw new IOException("interrupted", e);
-            }
-            try (OutputStream out = httpExchange.getResponseBody()) {
-              out.write(response);
-            }
-          }
-        };
-
-    try (FakeServer server = new FakeServer(handler)) {
-      HttpTransport transport = new ApacheHttpTransport();
-      GenericUrl testUrl = new GenericUrl("http://localhost/foo//bar");
-      testUrl.setPort(server.getPort());
-      com.google.api.client.http.HttpResponse response =
-          transport.createRequestFactory().buildGetRequest(testUrl).execute();
-      // disconnect should not wait to read the entire content
-      response.disconnect();
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/http/HttpResponse.java b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/http/HttpResponse.java
index f7bf0b42c..e97943210 100644
--- a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/http/HttpResponse.java
+++ b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/http/HttpResponse.java
@@ -442,10 +442,8 @@ public void ignore() throws IOException {
    * @since 1.4
    */
   public void disconnect() throws IOException {
-    // Close the connection before trying to close the InputStream content. If you are trying to
-    // disconnect, we shouldn't need to read any further content.
-    response.disconnect();
     ignore();
+    response.disconnect();
   }
 
   /**