diff --git a/lib/WebDriver/Service/CurlService.php b/lib/WebDriver/Service/CurlService.php
index 254b8e00..9cfdbbff 100755
--- a/lib/WebDriver/Service/CurlService.php
+++ b/lib/WebDriver/Service/CurlService.php
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ public function execute($requestMethod, $url, $parameters = null, $extraOptions
             CURLE_GOT_NOTHING !== ($errno = curl_errno($curl)) &&
             $error = curl_error($curl)
         ) {
-            curl_close($curl);
-
             $e = new CurlExecException(
                 sprintf(
                     "Curl error thrown for http %s to %s%s\n\n%s",
@@ -132,8 +130,6 @@ public function execute($requestMethod, $url, $parameters = null, $extraOptions
             throw $e;
         }
 
-        curl_close($curl);
-
         return array($rawResult, $info);
     }
 }