diff --git a/Zotlabs/Lib/Img_filesize.php b/Zotlabs/Lib/Img_filesize.php
index 196697733..32dee82bb 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Lib/Img_filesize.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Lib/Img_filesize.php
@@ -25,18 +25,18 @@ class Img_filesize {
 
 
 	static function getLocalFileSize($url) {
-	
+
 		$fname = basename($url);
 		$resolution = 0;
-	
+
 		if(strpos($fname,'.') !== false)
 			$fname = substr($fname,0,strpos($fname,'.'));
-	
+
 		if(substr($fname,-2,1) == '-') {
 			$resolution = intval(substr($fname,-1,1));
 			$fname = substr($fname,0,-2);
 		}
-			
+
 		$r = q("SELECT filesize FROM photo WHERE resource_id = '%s' AND imgscale = %d LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($fname),
 			intval($resolution)
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ function getRemoteFileSize($url)
 
     curl_exec($ch);
     curl_getinfo($ch);
-	curl_close($ch);
 
     return $size;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index 6ef0e9523..f244e09d3 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ function z_fetch_url($url, $binary = false, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 			$newurl = $url . $newurl;
 		$url_parsed = @parse_url($newurl);
 		if (isset($url_parsed)) {
-			@curl_close($ch);
 			return z_fetch_url($newurl,$binary,++$redirects,$opts);
 		}
 	}
@@ -209,7 +208,6 @@ function z_fetch_url($url, $binary = false, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 		$ret['debug'] = $curl_info;
 	}
 
-	@curl_close($ch);
 	return($ret);
 }
 
@@ -352,7 +350,6 @@ function z_post_url($url, $params, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 	// would somebody take lighttpd and just shoot it?
 
 	if($http_code == 417) {
-		curl_close($ch);
 		if($opts) {
 			if($opts['headers'])
 				$opts['headers'][] = 'Expect:';
@@ -377,7 +374,6 @@ function z_post_url($url, $params, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 
 		$url_parsed = @parse_url($newurl);
 		if (isset($url_parsed)) {
-			curl_close($ch);
 			if($http_code == 303) {
 				return z_fetch_url($newurl,false,++$redirects,$opts);
 			} else {
@@ -403,7 +399,6 @@ function z_post_url($url, $params, $redirects = 0, $opts = array()) {
 		$ret['debug'] = $curl_info;
 	}
 
-	curl_close($ch);
 	return($ret);
 }
 
diff --git a/util/fpostit/fpostit.php b/util/fpostit/fpostit.php
index 491d81f6d..ab8843683 100755
--- a/util/fpostit/fpostit.php
+++ b/util/fpostit/fpostit.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if ((isset($title)) && (isset($text)) && (isset($url))) {
 }
 
 if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
-	
+
 	if (($_POST["friendika_acct_name"] != '') && ($_POST["friendika_password"] != '')) {
 		$acctname = $_POST["friendika_acct_name"];
 		$tmp_account_array = explode("@", $acctname);
@@ -71,31 +71,30 @@ if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
 
 		$url = "http://" . $hostname . '/api/statuses/update';
 		$data = array('status' => $content);
-		
+
 		// echo "posting to: $url<br/>";
 
 		$c = curl_init();
-		curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $url); 
+		curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
 		curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");
-		curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data); 
-		curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); 
+		curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
+		curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 		curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
-		$c_result = curl_exec($c); 
-		if(curl_errno($c)){ 
+		$c_result = curl_exec($c);
+		if(curl_errno($c)){
 			$error = curl_error($c);
 			showForm($error, $content);
 		}
-		
-		curl_close($c);
+
 		if (!isset($error)) {
 			echo '<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">window.close();</script>';
 		}
-		
+
 	} else {
 		$error = "Missing account name and/or password...try again please";
 		showForm($error, $content);
 	}
-	
+
 } else {
 	showForm(null, $content);
 }
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
 function showForm($error, $content) {
 	$username_cookie = $_COOKIE['username'];
 	$password_cookie = $_COOKIE['password'];
-	
+
 	echo <<<EOF
 	<div class='wrap1'>
 		<h2><img class='logo' src='friendika-32.png' align='middle';/>
@@ -121,9 +120,9 @@ function showForm($error, $content) {
 		<p></p>
 	</div>
 EOF;
-	
+
 }
 ?>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>