diff --git a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/solr/DSpaceSolrServer.java b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/solr/DSpaceSolrServer.java
index 8bbd49b15c..fbddda9160 100644
--- a/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/solr/DSpaceSolrServer.java
+++ b/dspace-oai/src/main/java/org/dspace/xoai/solr/DSpaceSolrServer.java
@@ -8,13 +8,11 @@
 
 package org.dspace.xoai.solr;
 
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-
 import org.apache.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServer;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
-import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.CommonsHttpSolrServer;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.impl.HttpSolrServer;
 import org.dspace.core.ConfigurationManager;
 
 /**
@@ -33,14 +31,10 @@ public class DSpaceSolrServer
         {
             try
             {
-                _server = new CommonsHttpSolrServer(
+                _server = new HttpSolrServer(
                         ConfigurationManager.getProperty("oai", "solr.url"));
                 log.debug("Solr Server Initialized");
-            }
-            catch (MalformedURLException e)
-            {
-                throw new SolrServerException(e);
-            }
+            }            
             catch (Exception e)
             {
                 log.error(e.getMessage(), e);