diff --git a/crawl_server/remote_http.py b/crawl_server/remote_http.py
index 76fd1a6..d7e2716 100644
--- a/crawl_server/remote_http.py
+++ b/crawl_server/remote_http.py
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ class HttpDirectory(RemoteDirectory):
                     is_dir=False
                 )
             except pycurl.error:
-                curl.close()
                 retries -= 1
 
         logger.debug("TimeoutError - _request_file")