diff --git a/SocketHttpListener.Portable/Ext.cs b/SocketHttpListener.Portable/Ext.cs
index 303263d0b9..87f0887ed4 100644
--- a/SocketHttpListener.Portable/Ext.cs
+++ b/SocketHttpListener.Portable/Ext.cs
@@ -168,12 +168,6 @@ namespace SocketHttpListener
                    : null;
         }
 
-        internal static void Close(this HttpListenerResponse response, HttpStatusCode code)
-        {
-            response.StatusCode = (int)code;
-            response.OutputStream.Dispose();
-        }
-
         internal static Stream Compress(this Stream stream, CompressionMethod method)
         {
             return method == CompressionMethod.Deflate
diff --git a/SocketHttpListener.Portable/Net/WebSockets/HttpListenerWebSocketContext.cs b/SocketHttpListener.Portable/Net/WebSockets/HttpListenerWebSocketContext.cs
index 426e15ecde..034ac17d20 100644
--- a/SocketHttpListener.Portable/Net/WebSockets/HttpListenerWebSocketContext.cs
+++ b/SocketHttpListener.Portable/Net/WebSockets/HttpListenerWebSocketContext.cs
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ namespace SocketHttpListener.Net.WebSockets
 
         internal void Close(HttpStatusCode code)
         {
-            _context.Response.Close(code);
+            _context.Response.StatusCode = (int)code;
+            _context.Response.OutputStream.Dispose();
         }
 
         #endregion