diff -r 4e9d373bf6e9 -r 0eba8f555c19 src/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Server.java
--- a/src/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Server.java	Tue Oct 18 16:34:18 2016 -0600
+++ b/src/org/eclipse/jetty/server/Server.java	Tue Oct 18 18:38:05 2016 -0600
@@ -180,11 +180,12 @@
 	 * Called by doStop if a {@link #setGracefulShutdown} period is set.
 	 * TODO move this somewhere better
 	 */
+/*
 	public interface Graceful extends Handler
 	{
 		public void setShutdown(boolean shutdown);
 	}
-
+*/
 
 	public final boolean isLowOnThreads()
 	{

diff -r 4e9d373bf6e9 -r 0eba8f555c19 src/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java
--- a/src/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java	Tue Oct 18 16:34:18 2016 -0600
+++ b/src/org/eclipse/jetty/server/handler/ContextHandler.java	Tue Oct 18 18:38:05 2016 -0600
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HandlerContainer;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Request;
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.AttributesMap;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.StringUtil;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.TypeUtil;
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@
  * This handler wraps a call to handle by setting the context and servlet path.
  *
  */
-public final class ContextHandler extends HandlerWrapper implements Server.Graceful
+public final class ContextHandler extends HandlerWrapper
 {
 	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ContextHandler.class);
 
@@ -93,11 +92,6 @@
 	private Resource _baseResource;
 	private Logger _logger;
 
-	private boolean _shutdown = false;
-	private volatile int _availability; // 0=STOPPED, 1=AVAILABLE, 2=SHUTDOWN, 3=UNAVAILABLE
-
-	private final static int __STOPPED = 0, __AVAILABLE = 1, __SHUTDOWN = 2;
-
 	public ContextHandler()
 	{
 		super();
@@ -132,42 +126,18 @@
 	}
 
 	/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-	/**
-	 * Set shutdown status. This field allows for graceful shutdown of a context. A started context may be put into non accepting state so that existing
-	 * requests can complete, but no new requests are accepted.
-	 *
-	 * @param shutdown
-	 *            true if this context is (not?) accepting new requests
-	 */
-	public void setShutdown(boolean shutdown)
-	{
-		synchronized (this)
-		{
-			_shutdown = shutdown;
-			_availability = isRunning()?(_shutdown?__SHUTDOWN:__AVAILABLE):__STOPPED;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 	/*
 	 * @see org.eclipse.thread.AbstractLifeCycle#doStart()
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected void doStart() throws Exception
 	{
-		_availability = __STOPPED;
-
 		if (_contextPath == null)
 			throw new IllegalStateException("Null contextPath");
 
 		_logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getContextPath());
 
 		super.doStart();
-
-		synchronized(this)
-		{
-			_availability = _shutdown?__SHUTDOWN:__AVAILABLE;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -177,23 +147,14 @@
 	@Override
 	protected void doStop() throws Exception
 	{
-		_availability = __STOPPED;
-
 		super.doStop();
 		LOG.info("stopped {}",this);
 	}
 
 	private boolean checkContext(final String target, final Request baseRequest, final HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException, ServletException
 	{
-		switch (_availability)
-		{
-			case __STOPPED:
-			case __SHUTDOWN:
-				return false;
-			default:
-				if (baseRequest.isHandled())
-					return false;
-		}
+		if (baseRequest.isHandled())
+			return false;
 
 		// Are we not the root context?
 		if (_contextPath.length() > 1)