diff --git a/mtce/src/maintenance/mtcSmgrApi.cpp b/mtce/src/maintenance/mtcSmgrApi.cpp
index 9fd4ddc7..8346f678 100644
--- a/mtce/src/maintenance/mtcSmgrApi.cpp
+++ b/mtce/src/maintenance/mtcSmgrApi.cpp
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ mtcSmgrApi_handler_out:
 
     if ( smgrEvent.blocking == true )
     {
-        mtcHttpUtil_free_conn  ( smgrEvent );
-        mtcHttpUtil_free_base  ( smgrEvent );
-
         /* This is needed to get out of the loop in the blocking case
          * Calling this here in non-blocking calls can lead to segfault */
         event_base_loopbreak((struct event_base *)arg);