diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/FileOutputCommitterContainer.java b/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/FileOutputCommitterContainer.java
index 69e12f3..496ddc6 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/FileOutputCommitterContainer.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/FileOutputCommitterContainer.java
@@ -427,7 +427,6 @@
             }
         } finally {
             if( client != null ) {
-                client.close();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/HCatOutputFormat.java b/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/HCatOutputFormat.java
index a48332a..3d67d30 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/HCatOutputFormat.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/HCatOutputFormat.java
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@
         }
       } finally {
         if( client != null ) {
-          client.close();
         }
 //        HCatUtil.logAllTokens(LOG,job);
       }
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/InitializeInput.java b/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/InitializeInput.java
index 6e757b3..c9a5426 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/InitializeInput.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hcatalog/mapreduce/InitializeInput.java
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@
       return HCatUtil.serialize(inputJobInfo);
     } finally {
       if (client != null ) {
-        client.close();
       }
     }