diff --git a/community/graph-algo/pom.xml b/community/graph-algo/pom.xml
index f17b23bd473b..57c0aae1ad86 100644
--- a/community/graph-algo/pom.xml
+++ b/community/graph-algo/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
     <bundle.namespace>org.neo4j.graphalgo</bundle.namespace>
     <license-text.header>GPL-3-header.txt</license-text.header>
     <licensing.prepend.text>notice-gpl-prefix.txt</licensing.prepend.text>
+    <test.runner.jvm.settings.additional>
+      -Dorg.neo4j.kernel.impl.api.KernelStatement.trackStatements=false
+    </test.runner.jvm.settings.additional>
   </properties>
 
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/community/graph-algo/src/main/java/org/neo4j/graphalgo/impl/util/WeightedPathImpl.java b/community/graph-algo/src/main/java/org/neo4j/graphalgo/impl/util/WeightedPathImpl.java
index 7282f98c90ad..c3241104451d 100644
--- a/community/graph-algo/src/main/java/org/neo4j/graphalgo/impl/util/WeightedPathImpl.java
+++ b/community/graph-algo/src/main/java/org/neo4j/graphalgo/impl/util/WeightedPathImpl.java
@@ -109,9 +109,4 @@ public Iterator<PropertyContainer> iterator()
         return path.iterator();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void close()
-    {
-        path.close();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/community/graph-algo/src/test/java/org/neo4j/graphalgo/path/TestExactDepthPathFinder.java b/community/graph-algo/src/test/java/org/neo4j/graphalgo/path/TestExactDepthPathFinder.java
index 2a147ed68f36..d9e0821731b0 100644
--- a/community/graph-algo/src/test/java/org/neo4j/graphalgo/path/TestExactDepthPathFinder.java
+++ b/community/graph-algo/src/test/java/org/neo4j/graphalgo/path/TestExactDepthPathFinder.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 package org.neo4j.graphalgo.path;
 
+import common.Neo4jAlgoTestCase;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.neo4j.graphalgo.GraphAlgoFactory;
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.Path;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.PathExpander;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.PathExpanders;
-import common.Neo4jAlgoTestCase;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 public class TestExactDepthPathFinder extends Neo4jAlgoTestCase
@@ -64,9 +65,11 @@ public void testSingle()
     {
         createGraph();
         PathFinder<Path> finder = newFinder();
-        Path path = finder.findSinglePath( graph.getNode( "SOURCE" ), graph.getNode( "TARGET" ) );
-        assertNotNull( path );
-        assertPathDef( path, "SOURCE", "z", "9", "0", "TARGET" );
+        try ( Path path = finder.findSinglePath( graph.getNode( "SOURCE" ), graph.getNode( "TARGET" ) ) )
+        {
+            assertNotNull( path );
+            assertPathDef( path, "SOURCE", "z", "9", "0", "TARGET" );
+        }
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/community/graphdb-api/src/main/java/org/neo4j/graphdb/traversal/LevelSelectorOrderer.java b/community/graphdb-api/src/main/java/org/neo4j/graphdb/traversal/LevelSelectorOrderer.java
index 524dd61e4a28..bac1f61a2083 100644
--- a/community/graphdb-api/src/main/java/org/neo4j/graphdb/traversal/LevelSelectorOrderer.java
+++ b/community/graphdb-api/src/main/java/org/neo4j/graphdb/traversal/LevelSelectorOrderer.java
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ public TraversalBranch next( TraversalContext metadata )
         TraversalBranch otherBranch = otherState.branch;
         if ( otherBranch != null )
         {
-            closeBranch( branch );
             otherState.branch = null;
             return otherBranch;
         }
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ public TraversalBranch next( TraversalContext metadata )
         otherBranch = otherSelector.next( metadata );
         if ( otherBranch != null )
         {
-            closeBranch( branch );
             return otherBranch;
         }
         else
@@ -93,14 +91,6 @@ public TraversalBranch next( TraversalContext metadata )
         }
     }
 
-    private void closeBranch( TraversalBranch branch )
-    {
-        if ( branch != null )
-        {
-            branch.close();
-        }
-    }
-
     static class Entry
     {
         private final AtomicInteger depth = new AtomicInteger();
diff --git a/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/BidirectionalTraverserIterator.java b/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/BidirectionalTraverserIterator.java
index bfad0137af76..6c60e10761f5 100644
--- a/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/BidirectionalTraverserIterator.java
+++ b/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/BidirectionalTraverserIterator.java
@@ -161,19 +161,8 @@ protected Path fetchNextOrNull()
                 if ( foundPaths.hasNext() )
                 {
                     numberOfPathsReturned++;
-                    // not sure we need to close result here
-                    result.close();
-                    Path next = foundPaths.next();
-                    return next;
+                    return foundPaths.next();
                 }
-                else
-                {
-                    result.close();
-                }
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                result.close();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/MonoDirectionalTraverserIterator.java b/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/MonoDirectionalTraverserIterator.java
index 85c1bbe5fbe3..98a40d2a2bc1 100644
--- a/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/MonoDirectionalTraverserIterator.java
+++ b/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/MonoDirectionalTraverserIterator.java
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ protected Path fetchNextOrNull()
                 numberOfPathsReturned++;
                 return result;
             }
-            else
-            {
-                result.close();
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/TraversalBranchImpl.java b/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/TraversalBranchImpl.java
index 736015c9783b..de2b040712a8 100644
--- a/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/TraversalBranchImpl.java
+++ b/community/kernel/src/main/java/org/neo4j/kernel/impl/traversal/TraversalBranchImpl.java
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ protected void expandRelationships( PathExpander expander )
         }
         else
         {
-            closeRelationships();
-            relationships = Iterators.emptyResourceIterator();
+            resetRelationships();
         }
     }
 
@@ -144,8 +143,7 @@ public TraversalBranch next( PathExpander expander, TraversalContext context )
                 context.unnecessaryRelationshipTraversed();
             }
         }
-        relationships.close();
-        relationships = Iterators.emptyResourceIterator();
+        resetRelationships();
         return null;
     }
 
@@ -157,24 +155,16 @@ protected TraversalBranch newNextBranch( Node node, Relationship relationship )
     @Override
     public void prune()
     {
-        closeRelationships();
-        relationships = Iterators.emptyResourceIterator();
+        resetRelationships();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void close()
-    {
-        //TODO: not sure its a right place to close parent
-        parent.close();
-        closeRelationships();
-    }
-
-    private void closeRelationships()
+    private void resetRelationships()
     {
         if ( relationships != null )
         {
             relationships.close();
         }
+        relationships = Iterators.emptyResourceIterator();
     }
 
     @Override