diff --git a/judge/judgedaemon.main.php b/judge/judgedaemon.main.php
index 4b4a56ae4d..3fca91e93f 100644
--- a/judge/judgedaemon.main.php
+++ b/judge/judgedaemon.main.php
@@ -686,7 +686,6 @@ private function setupCurlHandle(string $restuser, string $restpass): \CurlHandl
     private function closeCurlHandles(): void
     {
         if (!empty($this->endpoint['ch'])) {
-            curl_close($this->endpoint['ch']);
             unset($this->endpoint['ch']);
         }
     }