diff --git a/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/HttpFeatureFlagFetcher.java b/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/HttpFeatureFlagFetcher.java
index 9c50ad1e..568c47c8 100644
--- a/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/HttpFeatureFlagFetcher.java
+++ b/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/HttpFeatureFlagFetcher.java
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ private HttpFeatureFlagFetcher(Context context, LDConfig config, String environm
 
         client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                 .cache(new Cache(cacheDir, MAX_CACHE_SIZE_BYTES))
-                .connectionPool(new ConnectionPool(1, config.getBackgroundPollingIntervalMillis() * 2, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS))
                 .retryOnConnectionFailure(true)
                 .build();
     }