diff --git a/spring-content-jpa/src/main/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResource.java b/spring-content-jpa/src/main/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResource.java
index 40bcacbe1..b792d3717 100644
--- a/spring-content-jpa/src/main/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResource.java
+++ b/spring-content-jpa/src/main/java/internal/org/springframework/content/jpa/io/PostgresBlobResource.java
@@ -98,8 +98,6 @@ public void delete()
             rs = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
             if (!rs.next()) {
                 try {
-                    rs.close();
-                    stmt.close();
                     DataSourceUtils.releaseConnection(conn, ds);
                     return;
                 } catch (SQLException sqle) {