diff --git a/src/libhydra/plugins/attr_sql/pool_attributes.c b/src/libhydra/plugins/attr_sql/pool_attributes.c
index d59ca67d0..0ef1b4a26 100644
--- a/src/libhydra/plugins/attr_sql/pool_attributes.c
+++ b/src/libhydra/plugins/attr_sql/pool_attributes.c
@@ -441,8 +441,6 @@ void del_attr(char *name, char *value, value_type_t value_type)
 								 blob.len, blob.ptr);
 			}
 		}
-		free(blob.ptr);
-		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 	free(blob.ptr);
 }