diff --git a/server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/iterators/SystemIteratorEnvironment.java b/server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/iterators/SystemIteratorEnvironment.java
index e13fa93e801..72daff609c1 100644
--- a/server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/iterators/SystemIteratorEnvironment.java
+++ b/server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/iterators/SystemIteratorEnvironment.java
@@ -30,9 +30,4 @@ public interface SystemIteratorEnvironment extends IteratorEnvironment {
 
   SortedKeyValueIterator<Key,Value> getTopLevelIterator(SortedKeyValueIterator<Key,Value> iter);
 
-  @Override
-  default boolean isRunningLowOnMemory() {
-    return getServerContext().getLowMemoryDetector().isRunningLowOnMemory();
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/iterators/SystemIteratorEnvironmentImpl.java b/server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/iterators/SystemIteratorEnvironmentImpl.java
index 2705703ad6f..ac10b553eb6 100644
--- a/server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/iterators/SystemIteratorEnvironmentImpl.java
+++ b/server/base/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/server/iterators/SystemIteratorEnvironmentImpl.java
@@ -128,4 +128,9 @@ public ServerContext getServerContext() {
     return new MultiIterator(allIters, false);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isRunningLowOnMemory() {
+    return getServerContext().getLowMemoryDetector().isRunningLowOnMemory();
+  }
+
 }