diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/config/ConfigurationManager.java b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/config/ConfigurationManager.java
index 41e24b1b3..d27327663 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/config/ConfigurationManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/config/ConfigurationManager.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class ConfigurationManager {
      * </p>
      *
      * <p>
-     * TODO: The lazy instantiation of XmlConfigurationProvider should be refactored to be elsewhere. The behavior described above seems unintuitive.
+     * TODO: The lazy instantiation of StrutsDefaultConfigurationProvider should be refactored to be elsewhere. The behavior described above seems unintuitive.
      * </p>
      *
      * @return the list of registered ConfigurationProvider objects
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ public class ConfigurationManager {
         }
     }
 
+    public void removeContainerProvider(ContainerProvider provider) {
+        if (containerProviders.remove(provider)) {
+            clearContainerProvider(provider);
+            providersChanged = true;
+        }
+    }
+
     public void clearContainerProviders() {
         for (ContainerProvider containerProvider : containerProviders) {
             clearContainerProvider(containerProvider);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/config/ConfigurationManagerTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/config/ConfigurationManagerTest.java
index bb54ad565..a37ac6b34 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/config/ConfigurationManagerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/opensymphony/xwork2/config/ConfigurationManagerTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ import com.opensymphony.xwork2.util.location.LocatableProperties;
 
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+
 
 /**
  * ConfigurationManagerTest
@@ -147,6 +150,19 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerTest extends XWorkTestCase {
         assertTrue(state.isDestroyed2);
     }
 
+    public void testRemoveConfigurationProvider() throws Exception {
+        ConfigurationProvider configProvider1 = mock(ConfigurationProvider.class);
+        ConfigurationProvider configProvider2 = mock(ConfigurationProvider.class);
+        configurationManager.addContainerProvider(configProvider1);
+        configurationManager.addContainerProvider(configProvider2);
+
+        configurationManager.removeContainerProvider(configProvider1);
+
+        verify(configProvider1).destroy();
+        assertFalse(configurationManager.getContainerProviders().contains(configProvider1));
+        assertTrue(configurationManager.getContainerProviders().contains(configProvider2));
+    }
+
     public void testClearConfigurationProviders() throws Exception {
         configProviderMock.expect("destroy");
         configurationManager.clearContainerProviders();