diff --git a/oak-store-document/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStoreService.java b/oak-store-document/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStoreService.java
index 45484fc1f89..e77388d9488 100644
--- a/oak-store-document/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStoreService.java
+++ b/oak-store-document/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStoreService.java
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
@@ -661,8 +660,29 @@ protected void deactivate() {
             journalPropertyHandlerFactory.stop();
         }
 
-        closeFeatures(prefetchFeature, docStoreThrottlingFeature, cancelInvalidationFeature, docStoreFullGCFeature,
-                docStoreEmbeddedVerificationFeature, prevNoPropCacheFeature);
+        if (prefetchFeature != null) {
+            prefetchFeature.close();
+        }
+
+        if (docStoreThrottlingFeature != null) {
+            docStoreThrottlingFeature.close();
+        }
+
+        if (cancelInvalidationFeature != null) {
+            cancelInvalidationFeature.close();
+        }
+
+        if (docStoreFullGCFeature != null) {
+            docStoreFullGCFeature.close();
+        }
+
+        if (docStoreEmbeddedVerificationFeature != null) {
+            docStoreEmbeddedVerificationFeature.close();
+        }
+
+        if (prevNoPropCacheFeature != null) {
+            prevNoPropCacheFeature.close();
+        }
 
         unregisterNodeStore();
     }
@@ -768,19 +788,6 @@ protected void unbindNodeStateCache(DocumentNodeStateCache nodeStateCache) {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Closes the given varargs of features.
-     * <p>
-     * This method iterates over the provided varargs of features and closes each one
-     * that is not null.
-     * </p>
-     *
-     * @param features a varargs of {@link Feature} objects to be closed.
-     */
-    private void closeFeatures(@NotNull final Feature... features) {
-        Arrays.stream(features).filter(Objects::nonNull).forEach(Feature::close);
-    }
-
     private void unregisterNodeStore() {
         deactivationTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
diff --git a/oak-store-document/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStoreServiceTest.java b/oak-store-document/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStoreServiceTest.java
index 09af1fbdd0b..c0fb2299efa 100644
--- a/oak-store-document/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStoreServiceTest.java
+++ b/oak-store-document/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/DocumentNodeStoreServiceTest.java
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.MethodUtils;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.guava.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.mongodb.MongoClient;
 
@@ -33,7 +31,6 @@
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.spi.JournalPropertyService;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.spi.lease.LeaseFailureHandler;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeStore;
-import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.toggle.Feature;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.StatisticsProvider;
 import org.apache.sling.testing.mock.osgi.MockOsgi;
 import org.apache.sling.testing.mock.osgi.junit.OsgiContext;
@@ -48,7 +45,6 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import static org.junit.Assume.assumeTrue;
@@ -360,19 +356,6 @@ public void recoveryDelayMillisMinute() {
         doRecoveryDelayMillis(60000);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void closeFeatures() throws InvocationTargetException, IllegalAccessException, NoSuchMethodException {
-        Feature feature1 = mock(Feature.class);
-        Feature feature2 = mock(Feature.class);
-        Feature feature3 = mock(Feature.class);
-        Feature feature4 = mock(Feature.class);
-
-        // successful invocation would return null
-        assertNull(MethodUtils.invokeMethod(service, true, "closeFeatures",
-                new Object[]{feature1, feature2, null, feature3, feature4},
-                new Class[]{Feature[].class}));
-    }
-
     private void doRecoveryDelayMillis(long recoveryDelayMillis) {
         Map<String, Object> config = newConfig(repoHome);
         config.put("recoveryDelayMillis", recoveryDelayMillis);