diff --git a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/controller/FileController.java b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/controller/FileController.java
index 102f9825e0..1ddbfcea81 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/controller/FileController.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/controller/FileController.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestPart;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
-import com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.exception.NotFoundException;
 import com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.fileupload.service.UploadService;
 
 @RestController
@@ -27,8 +26,8 @@ public class FileController {
     }
     
     @PostMapping(value = "/upload-error")
-    public String handleFileUploadError(@RequestPart(value = "file") MultipartFile file) throws NotFoundException {
-        return service.uploadFileWithCause(file);
+    public String handleFileUploadError(@RequestPart(value = "file") MultipartFile file) {
+        return service.uploadFile(file);
     }
     
 }
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diff --git a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/service/FileUploadClient.java b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/service/FileUploadClient.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bb5524c30e..0000000000
--- a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/service/FileUploadClient.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.fileupload.service;
-
-import org.springframework.cloud.openfeign.FeignClient;
-import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestPart;
-import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
-
-import com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.fileupload.config.FeignSupportConfig;
-
-@FeignClient(name = "file", url = "http://localhost:8081", configuration = FeignSupportConfig.class)
-public interface FileUploadClient {
-	@PostMapping(value = "/upload-file", consumes = MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA_VALUE)
-	String fileUpload(@RequestPart(value = "file") MultipartFile file);
-}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/service/UploadService.java b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/service/UploadService.java
index e9db87b532..c0d1962a71 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/service/UploadService.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-openfeign/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cloud/openfeign/fileupload/service/UploadService.java
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
 
-import com.baeldung.cloud.openfeign.exception.NotFoundException;
-
 import feign.Feign;
 import feign.Response;
 import feign.form.spring.SpringFormEncoder;
@@ -16,9 +14,7 @@ public class UploadService {
     
     @Autowired
     private UploadClient client;
-    @Autowired
-    private FileUploadClient fileUploadClient;
-    
+
     public boolean uploadFileWithManualClient(MultipartFile file) {
         UploadResource fileUploadResource = Feign.builder().encoder(new SpringFormEncoder())
                 .target(UploadResource.class, HTTP_FILE_UPLOAD_URL);
@@ -33,8 +29,4 @@ public class UploadService {
     public String uploadFileError(MultipartFile file) {
         return client.fileUpload(file);
     }
-    
-    public String uploadFileWithCause(MultipartFile file) throws NotFoundException {
-        return fileUploadClient.fileUpload(file);
-    }
 }
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