diff --git a/sdks/java/io/solace/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/solace/read/SolaceCheckpointMark.java b/sdks/java/io/solace/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/solace/read/SolaceCheckpointMark.java
index 10336d00d8b5..133c1c094d13 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/solace/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/solace/read/SolaceCheckpointMark.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/solace/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/solace/read/SolaceCheckpointMark.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.annotations.Internal;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.DefaultCoder;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.extensions.avro.coders.AvroCoder;
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@
 @Internal
 @DefaultCoder(AvroCoder.class)
 public class SolaceCheckpointMark implements UnboundedSource.CheckpointMark {
-  private transient AtomicBoolean activeReader;
   // BytesXMLMessage is not serializable so if a job restarts from the checkpoint, we cannot retry
   // these messages here. We relay on Solace's retry mechanism.
   private transient ArrayDeque<BytesXMLMessage> ackQueue;
@@ -44,18 +42,17 @@ public class SolaceCheckpointMark implements UnboundedSource.CheckpointMark {
   @SuppressWarnings("initialization") // Avro will set the fields by breaking abstraction
   private SolaceCheckpointMark() {}
 
-  public SolaceCheckpointMark(AtomicBoolean activeReader, List<BytesXMLMessage> ackQueue) {
-    this.activeReader = activeReader;
+  public SolaceCheckpointMark(List<BytesXMLMessage> ackQueue) {
     this.ackQueue = new ArrayDeque<>(ackQueue);
   }
 
   @Override
   public void finalizeCheckpoint() {
-    if (activeReader == null || !activeReader.get() || ackQueue == null) {
+    if (ackQueue == null) {
       return;
     }
 
-    while (ackQueue.size() > 0) {
+    while (!ackQueue.isEmpty()) {
       BytesXMLMessage msg = ackQueue.poll();
       if (msg != null) {
         msg.ackMessage();
@@ -79,11 +76,11 @@ public boolean equals(@Nullable Object o) {
     // content.
     ArrayList<BytesXMLMessage> ackList = new ArrayList<>(ackQueue);
     ArrayList<BytesXMLMessage> thatAckList = new ArrayList<>(that.ackQueue);
-    return Objects.equals(activeReader, that.activeReader) && Objects.equals(ackList, thatAckList);
+    return Objects.equals(ackList, thatAckList);
   }
 
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    return Objects.hash(activeReader, ackQueue);
+    return Objects.hash(ackQueue);
   }
 }
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/solace/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/solace/read/UnboundedSolaceReader.java b/sdks/java/io/solace/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/solace/read/UnboundedSolaceReader.java
index 0155345a2323..c57b10222fd5 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/solace/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/solace/read/UnboundedSolaceReader.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/solace/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/solace/read/UnboundedSolaceReader.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.UnboundedSource;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.UnboundedSource.UnboundedReader;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.solace.broker.MessageReceiver;
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ class UnboundedSolaceReader<T> extends UnboundedReader<T> {
   private @Nullable T solaceMappedRecord;
   private @Nullable MessageReceiver messageReceiver;
   private @Nullable SessionService sessionService;
-  AtomicBoolean active = new AtomicBoolean(true);
 
   /**
    * Queue to place advanced messages before {@link #getCheckpointMark()} be called non-concurrent
@@ -116,7 +114,6 @@ public boolean advance() {
 
   @Override
   public void close() {
-    active.set(false);
     checkNotNull(sessionService).close();
   }
 
@@ -138,7 +135,7 @@ public UnboundedSource.CheckpointMark getCheckpointMark() {
         ackQueue.add(msg);
       }
     }
-    return new SolaceCheckpointMark(active, ackQueue);
+    return new SolaceCheckpointMark(ackQueue);
   }
 
   @Override