diff --git a/src/WebAuthn.php b/src/WebAuthn.php
index f2eb755..0f121a3 100644
--- a/src/WebAuthn.php
+++ b/src/WebAuthn.php
@@ -541,7 +541,6 @@ public function queryFidoMetaDataService($certFolder, $deleteCerts=true) {
             \curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
             \curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'github.com/lbuchs/WebAuthn - A simple PHP WebAuthn server library');
             $raw = \curl_exec($ch);
-            \curl_close($ch);
         } else {
             $raw = \file_get_contents($url);
         }