diff --git a/registry/handlers/app.go b/registry/handlers/app.go
index 73680fd3a..8efdaf85e 100644
--- a/registry/handlers/app.go
+++ b/registry/handlers/app.go
@@ -584,8 +584,6 @@ func (app *App) configureSecret(configuration *configuration.Configuration) {
 }
 
 func (app *App) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	defer r.Body.Close() // ensure that request body is always closed.
-
 	// Prepare the context with our own little decorations.
 	ctx := r.Context()
 	ctx = dcontext.WithRequest(ctx, r)
diff --git a/registry/handlers/tags.go b/registry/handlers/tags.go
index ec0eb2337..bfd56fc62 100644
--- a/registry/handlers/tags.go
+++ b/registry/handlers/tags.go
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ type tagsAPIResponse struct {
 
 // GetTags returns a json list of tags for a specific image name.
 func (th *tagsHandler) GetTags(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	defer r.Body.Close()
-
 	tagService := th.Repository.Tags(th)
 	tags, err := tagService.All(th)
 	if err != nil {