diff --git a/src/ws/tell_cluster_to_identify.ts b/src/ws/tell_cluster_to_identify.ts
index f89721c48..518724994 100644
--- a/src/ws/tell_cluster_to_identify.ts
+++ b/src/ws/tell_cluster_to_identify.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { closeWS } from "./close_ws.ts";
 import { ws } from "./ws.ts";
 
 /** Allows users to hook in and change to communicate to different clusters across different servers or anything they like. For example using redis pubsub to talk to other servers. */
@@ -7,11 +6,5 @@ export async function tellClusterToIdentify(
   shardId: number,
   _bucketId: number,
 ) {
-  // When resharding this may exist already
-  const oldShard = ws.shards.get(shardId);
   await ws.identify(shardId, ws.maxShards);
-
-  if (oldShard) {
-    closeWS(oldShard.ws, 3063, "Resharded!");
-  }
 }