diff --git a/lib/server/sse_handler.dart b/lib/server/sse_handler.dart
index 0c06a14..969ef9b 100644
--- a/lib/server/sse_handler.dart
+++ b/lib/server/sse_handler.dart
@@ -21,17 +21,17 @@
 
 /// A bi-directional SSE connection between server and browser.
 class SseConnection extends StreamChannelMixin<String> {
-  // Incoming messages from the Browser client.
+  /// Incoming messages from the Browser client.
   final _incomingController = StreamController<String>();
-  // Outgoing messages to the Browser client.
+
+  /// Outgoing messages to the Browser client.
   final _outgoingController = StreamController<String>();
 
   final Sink _sink;
-  final String _clientId;
 
   final _closedCompleter = Completer<void>();
 
-  SseConnection(this._sink, this._clientId) {
+  SseConnection(this._sink) {
     _outgoingController.stream.listen((data) {
       if (!_closedCompleter.isCompleted) {
         // JSON encode the message to escape new lines.
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
   final _connections = <String, SseConnection>{};
   final _connectionController = StreamController<SseConnection>();
 
-  var _isClosed = false;
   StreamQueue<SseConnection> _connectionsStream;
 
   SseHandler(this._uri);
@@ -87,22 +86,12 @@
 
   int get numberOfClients => _connections.length;
 
-  void close() {
-    _isClosed = true;
-    if (!_connectionController.isClosed) _connectionController.close();
-    for (var connection in _connections.values.toList()) {
-      connection.sink.close();
-      _connections.remove(connection._clientId);
-    }
-  }
-
   shelf.Response _createSseConnection(shelf.Request req, String path) {
-    if (_isClosed) return shelf.Response.notFound('');
     req.hijack((channel) async {
       var sink = utf8.encoder.startChunkedConversion(channel.sink);
       sink.add(_sseHeaders(req.headers['origin']));
       var clientId = req.url.queryParameters['sseClientId'];
-      var connection = SseConnection(sink, clientId);
+      var connection = SseConnection(sink);
       _connections[clientId] = connection;
       unawaited(connection._closedCompleter.future.then((_) {
         _connections.remove(clientId);
diff --git a/test/sse_test.dart b/test/sse_test.dart
index 9e52424..16a9a0c 100644
--- a/test/sse_test.dart
+++ b/test/sse_test.dart
@@ -119,33 +119,6 @@
     expect(handler.numberOfClients, 0);
   });
 
-  test('Can close the handler which closes the connections', () async {
-    expect(handler.numberOfClients, 0);
-    await webdriver.get('http://localhost:${server.port}');
-    var connection = await handler.connections.next;
-    expect(handler.numberOfClients, 1);
-
-    handler.close();
-    // Should complete since the connection is closed.
-    await connection.stream.toList();
-    expect(handler.numberOfClients, 0);
-  });
-
-  test('Closing the handler prevents new connections', () async {
-    expect(handler.numberOfClients, 0);
-    await webdriver.get('http://localhost:${server.port}');
-    var connection = await handler.connections.next;
-    expect(handler.numberOfClients, 1);
-
-    handler.close();
-    // Should complete since the connection is closed.
-    await connection.stream.toList();
-    assert(handler.numberOfClients == 0);
-
-    await webdriver.get('http://localhost:${server.port}');
-    expect(await handler.connections.hasNext, isFalse);
-  });
-
   test('Disconnects when navigating away', () async {
     await webdriver.get('http://localhost:${server.port}');
     expect(handler.numberOfClients, 1);