diff --git a/include/transport/HTTPRequest.h b/include/transport/HTTPRequest.h
index c3b25b7bd8886252ebcf154b779e6b464e18b577..d1b780e86cce43a03f87768b5dfa6471f52458a1 100644
--- a/include/transport/HTTPRequest.h
+++ b/include/transport/HTTPRequest.h
@@ -21,12 +21,7 @@ class HTTPRequest : public Thread {
 		HTTPRequest(ThreadPool *tp, Type type, const std::string &url, Callback callback);
 		HTTPRequest(Type type, const std::string &url);
 
-		virtual ~HTTPRequest() {
-			if(curlhandle) {
-				curl_easy_cleanup(curlhandle);
-				curlhandle = NULL;
-			}
-		}
+		virtual ~HTTPRequest();
 
 		void setProxy(std::string, std::string, std::string, std::string);
 		bool execute();