diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/bootup/ManifestReader.java b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/bootup/ManifestReader.java
index c4c1982b0..1a1e89f36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/bootup/ManifestReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/core/bootup/ManifestReader.java
@@ -59,11 +59,8 @@ class ManifestReader {
     try {
       Enumeration<URL> resources = classLoader.getResources(resourcePath);
       while (resources.hasMoreElements()) {
-        InputStream is = resources.nextElement().openStream();
-        try {
+        try (InputStream is = resources.nextElement().openStream()) {
           read(new Manifest(is));
-        } finally {
-          close(is);
         }
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -72,14 +69,6 @@ class ManifestReader {
     return packageSet;
   }
 
-  private void close(InputStream is) {
-    try {
-      is.close();
-    } catch (IOException e) {
-      logger.warn("Error closing manifest InputStream", e);
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Read the entity packages from the manifest.
    */