diff --git a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Cron/Api/ServiceController.php b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Cron/Api/ServiceController.php
index 0cd50a4c0..888f7541b 100644
--- a/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Cron/Api/ServiceController.php
+++ b/src/opnsense/mvc/app/controllers/OPNsense/Cron/Api/ServiceController.php
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ class ServiceController extends ApiControllerBase
     public function reconfigureAction()
     {
         if ($this->request->isPost()) {
-            // close session for long running action
-            $this->sessionClose();
-
             $backend = new Backend();
 
             // generate configuration and (re)start daemon