diff --git a/ckan/lib/search/query.py b/ckan/lib/search/query.py
index 2ab2a63b9c1..1b7e90cd02c 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/search/query.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/search/query.py
@@ -392,7 +392,5 @@ def run(self, query):
         except Exception, e:
             log.exception(e)
             raise SearchError(e)
-        finally:
-            conn.close()
 
         return {'results': self.results, 'count': self.count}