diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/inc/IWinmlExecutionProvider.h b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/inc/IWinmlExecutionProvider.h
index 88e3dd487d427..40958904f38b4 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/inc/IWinmlExecutionProvider.h
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/inc/IWinmlExecutionProvider.h
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ namespace Windows::AI::MachineLearning::Adapter
             bool isBeforeOp,
             uint32_t resourceCount,
             IUnknown** resources) = 0;
-
-        // Waits for flushed work, discards unflushed work, and discards associated references to
-        // prevent circular references.  Must be the last call on the object before destruction.
-        virtual void Close() = 0;
     };
 
     using MLOperatorTensorGetter = std::function<std::variant<Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IMLOperatorTensor>, std::vector<Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<IMLOperatorTensor>>>(uint32_t index)>;
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.cpp b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.cpp
index 9c01df13741e1..109271c755487 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.cpp
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.cpp
@@ -43,14 +43,6 @@ namespace Dml
 {
     using namespace onnxruntime::common;
 
-    ExecutionProvider::~ExecutionProvider()
-    {
-        if (m_impl)
-        {
-            m_impl->Close();
-        }
-    }
-
     static void CreateDmlKernelRegistry(
         _Out_ std::shared_ptr<onnxruntime::KernelRegistry>* registry,
         _Out_ std::shared_ptr<const InternalRegistrationInfoMap>* internalRegInfoMap)
@@ -101,7 +93,7 @@ namespace Dml
 #endif
     }
 
-    void ExecutionProviderImpl::Close()
+    ExecutionProviderImpl::~ExecutionProviderImpl()
     {
         // Release the cached command list references before closing the context
         m_capturedGraphs.clear();
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.h b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.h
index c20969250fe84..8f4a101d14728 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.h
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/dml/DmlExecutionProvider/src/ExecutionProvider.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ namespace Dml
             bool enableCpuSyncSpinning,
             bool disableMemoryArena);
 
+        virtual ~ExecutionProviderImpl();
+
         void ReleaseCompletedReferences();
 
     public: // implements Dml::IExecutionProvider
@@ -130,10 +132,6 @@ namespace Dml
         STDMETHOD_(D3D12_COMMAND_LIST_TYPE, GetCommandListTypeForQueue)() const override;
         STDMETHOD_(void, Flush)() const override;
 
-        // Waits for flushed work, discards unflushed work, and discards associated references to
-        // prevent circular references.  Must be the last call on the object before destruction.
-        void Close() override;
-
         void WaitForOutstandingWork();
 
         // Allocate a resource from pools.  Releasing pooledResource returns it to the pool.
@@ -253,7 +251,7 @@ namespace Dml
     class ExecutionProvider : public onnxruntime::IExecutionProvider
     {
     public:
-        virtual ~ExecutionProvider();
+        virtual ~ExecutionProvider() = default;
         ExecutionProvider() = delete;
 
         explicit ExecutionProvider(