diff --git a/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/JasperReportsResult.java b/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/JasperReportsResult.java
index e0ea121f6..e3565064f 100644
--- a/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/JasperReportsResult.java
+++ b/plugins/jasperreports/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/views/jasperreports/JasperReportsResult.java
@@ -385,12 +385,6 @@ public class JasperReportsResult extends StrutsResultSupport implements JasperRe
         } catch (JRException e) {
             LOG.error("Error producing {} report for uri {}", format, systemId, e);
             throw new ServletException(e.getMessage(), e);
-        } finally {
-            try {
-                conn.close();
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                LOG.warn("Could not close db connection properly", e);
-            }
         }
 
         response.setContentLength(output.size());