--- a/mercurial/url.py	Thu Sep 23 16:31:38 2010 +0200
+++ b/mercurial/url.py	Fri Sep 24 00:17:04 2010 +0200
@@ -486,9 +486,6 @@
         _generic_start_transaction(self, h, req)
         return keepalive.HTTPHandler._start_transaction(self, h, req)
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        self.close_all()
-
 if has_https:
     class BetterHTTPS(httplib.HTTPSConnection):
         send = keepalive.safesend