diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
index ed834b9..83bc1fd 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/AppsCustomizePagedView.java
@@ -894,9 +894,6 @@
     protected void onDetachedFromWindow() {
         super.onDetachedFromWindow();
         cancelAllTasks();
-        if (mWidgetPreviewLoader != null) {
-            mWidgetPreviewLoader.closeDb();
-        }
     }
 
     public void clearAllWidgetPages() {
diff --git a/src/com/android/launcher2/WidgetPreviewLoader.java b/src/com/android/launcher2/WidgetPreviewLoader.java
index 5ce3233..41a8904 100644
--- a/src/com/android/launcher2/WidgetPreviewLoader.java
+++ b/src/com/android/launcher2/WidgetPreviewLoader.java
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@
                             WIDGET_PREFIX + packageName + "/%",
                             SHORTCUT_PREFIX + packageName + "/%"} // args to SELECT query
                             );
-                db.close();
                 synchronized(sInvalidPackages) {
                     sInvalidPackages.remove(packageName);
                 }
@@ -357,12 +356,6 @@
         }.executeOnExecutor(AsyncTask.THREAD_POOL_EXECUTOR, (Void) null);
     }
 
-    public void closeDb()  {
-        if (mDb != null) {
-            mDb.close();
-        }
-    }
-
     private Bitmap readFromDb(String name, Bitmap b) {
         if (mCachedSelectQuery == null) {
             mCachedSelectQuery = CacheDb.COLUMN_NAME + " = ? AND " +