diff --git a/system/HTTP/CURLRequest.php b/system/HTTP/CURLRequest.php
index f0a4b8153716..7014ca418a43 100644
--- a/system/HTTP/CURLRequest.php
+++ b/system/HTTP/CURLRequest.php
@@ -733,8 +733,6 @@ protected function sendRequest(array $curlOptions = []): string
             throw HTTPException::forCurlError((string) curl_errno($ch), curl_error($ch));
         }
 
-        curl_close($ch);
-
         return $output;
     }