diff --git a/polaris-service/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/context/PolarisCallContextCatalogFactory.java b/polaris-service/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/context/PolarisCallContextCatalogFactory.java
index 8b0989cd8..83d659a83 100644
--- a/polaris-service/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/context/PolarisCallContextCatalogFactory.java
+++ b/polaris-service/src/main/java/org/apache/polaris/service/context/PolarisCallContextCatalogFactory.java
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ public Catalog createCallContextCatalog(
             fileIOFactory);
 
     context.contextVariables().put(CallContext.REQUEST_PATH_CATALOG_INSTANCE_KEY, catalogInstance);
-    context.closeables().addCloseable(catalogInstance);
 
     CatalogEntity catalog = CatalogEntity.of(baseCatalogEntity);
     Map<String, String> catalogProperties = new HashMap<>(catalog.getPropertiesAsMap());