diff --git a/src/Network/NWConnection.cs b/src/Network/NWConnection.cs
index 21058d3e8c..32b750f61a 100644
--- a/src/Network/NWConnection.cs
+++ b/src/Network/NWConnection.cs
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ namespace Network {
 			if (del != null){
 				var x = new NWPath (path, owns: false);
 			        del (x);
-				x.Dispose ();
 			}
 		}
 		
diff --git a/src/Network/NWListener.cs b/src/Network/NWListener.cs
index 74a574410d..0127a5f6e0 100644
--- a/src/Network/NWListener.cs
+++ b/src/Network/NWListener.cs
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ namespace Network {
 			if (del != null){
 				var nwconnection = new NWConnection (connection, owns: false);
 			        del (nwconnection);
-				nwconnection.Dispose ();
 			}
 		}