diff --git a/kmip/services/kmip_client.py b/kmip/services/kmip_client.py
index 7f72adf7..763ba386 100644
--- a/kmip/services/kmip_client.py
+++ b/kmip/services/kmip_client.py
@@ -301,10 +301,9 @@ def __del__(self):
         self.close()
 
     def close(self):
-        # Shutdown and close the socket.
+        # Close the socket.
         if self.socket:
             try:
-                self.socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
                 self.socket.close()
             except (OSError, socket.error):
                 # Can be thrown if the socket is not actually connected to
diff --git a/kmip/services/server/server.py b/kmip/services/server/server.py
index 534ab61d..d0f05f6e 100644
--- a/kmip/services/server/server.py
+++ b/kmip/services/server/server.py
@@ -362,12 +362,11 @@ def stop(self):
 
         self._logger.info("Shutting down server socket handler.")
         try:
-            self._socket.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
             self._socket.close()
         except Exception as e:
             self._logger.exception(e)
             raise exceptions.NetworkingError(
-                "Server failed to shutdown socket handler."
+                "Server failed to close socket handler."
             )
 
         if hasattr(self, "policy_monitor"):
diff --git a/kmip/services/server/session.py b/kmip/services/server/session.py
index c6a5f70c..d45629d2 100644
--- a/kmip/services/server/session.py
+++ b/kmip/services/server/session.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 import binascii
 import logging
-import socket
 import struct
 import threading
 import time
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ def run(self):
                     self._logger.info("Failure handling message loop")
                     self._logger.exception(e)
 
-        self._connection.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
         self._connection.close()
         self._logger.info("Stopping session: {0}".format(self.name))
 
diff --git a/kmip/tests/unit/services/server/test_server.py b/kmip/tests/unit/services/server/test_server.py
index a9e9f194..14e9eb61 100644
--- a/kmip/tests/unit/services/server/test_server.py
+++ b/kmip/tests/unit/services/server/test_server.py
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ def test_stop(self, logging_mock, engine_mock):
             s._logger.info.assert_any_call(
                 "Shutting down server socket handler."
             )
-            s._socket.shutdown.assert_called_once_with(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
             s._socket.close.assert_called_once_with()
 
         # Test the expected behavior when stopping multiple server session
@@ -366,7 +365,6 @@ def test_stop(self, logging_mock, engine_mock):
             s._logger.info.assert_any_call(
                 "Shutting down server socket handler."
             )
-            s._socket.shutdown.assert_called_once_with(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
             s._socket.close.assert_called_once_with()
 
         thread_mock.reset_mock()
@@ -392,7 +390,6 @@ def test_stop(self, logging_mock, engine_mock):
             s._logger.info.assert_any_call(
                 "Shutting down server socket handler."
             )
-            s._socket.shutdown.assert_called_once_with(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
             s._socket.close.assert_called_once_with()
 
         # Test that the right errors and log messages are generated when
@@ -403,7 +400,7 @@ def test_stop(self, logging_mock, engine_mock):
         test_exception = Exception()
         s._socket.close = mock.MagicMock(side_effect=test_exception)
 
-        regex = "Server failed to shutdown socket handler."
+        regex = "Server failed to close socket handler."
         self.assertRaisesRegex(
             exceptions.NetworkingError,
             regex,
@@ -415,7 +412,6 @@ def test_stop(self, logging_mock, engine_mock):
         s._logger.info.assert_any_call(
             "Shutting down server socket handler."
         )
-        s._socket.shutdown.assert_called_once_with(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
         s._socket.close.assert_called_once_with()
         s._logger.exception(test_exception)
 
@@ -456,7 +452,6 @@ def test_stop_with_monitor_shutdown_error(self, logging_mock, engine_mock):
         s._logger.info.assert_any_call(
             "Shutting down server socket handler."
         )
-        s._socket.shutdown.assert_called_once_with(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
         s._socket.close.assert_called_once_with()
 
         s.policy_monitor.stop.assert_called_once_with()
diff --git a/kmip/tests/unit/services/server/test_session.py b/kmip/tests/unit/services/server/test_session.py
index b6661c5b..9c8df198 100644
--- a/kmip/tests/unit/services/server/test_session.py
+++ b/kmip/tests/unit/services/server/test_session.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 import datetime
 import mock
-import socket
 import testtools
 import time
 
@@ -149,9 +148,6 @@ def test_run(self):
 
         kmip_session._logger.info.assert_any_call("Starting session: name")
         self.assertTrue(kmip_session._handle_message_loop.called)
-        kmip_session._connection.shutdown.assert_called_once_with(
-            socket.SHUT_RDWR
-        )
         kmip_session._connection.close.assert_called_once_with()
         kmip_session._logger.info.assert_called_with("Stopping session: name")
 
@@ -180,9 +176,6 @@ def test_run_with_failure(self):
             "Failure handling message loop"
         )
         kmip_session._logger.exception.assert_called_once_with(test_exception)
-        kmip_session._connection.shutdown.assert_called_once_with(
-            socket.SHUT_RDWR
-        )
         kmip_session._connection.close.assert_called_once_with()
         kmip_session._logger.info.assert_called_with("Stopping session: name")
 
diff --git a/kmip/tests/unit/services/test_kmip_client.py b/kmip/tests/unit/services/test_kmip_client.py
index fa13a204..2c5407d2 100644
--- a/kmip/tests/unit/services/test_kmip_client.py
+++ b/kmip/tests/unit/services/test_kmip_client.py
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ def test_close(self):
         c.close()
 
         self.assertEqual(None, c.socket)
-        c_socket.shutdown.assert_called_once_with(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
         c_socket.close.assert_called_once()
 
     def test_close_with_shutdown_error(self):
@@ -193,7 +192,6 @@ def test_close_with_shutdown_error(self):
         c.close()
 
         self.assertEqual(None, c.socket)
-        c_socket.shutdown.assert_called_once_with(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
         c_socket.close.assert_not_called()
 
     # TODO (peter-hamilton) Modify for credential type and/or add new test