diff --git a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py
index e415f56603..c005d8da05 100644
--- a/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py
+++ b/plugins/CuraEngineBackend/CuraEngineBackend.py
@@ -213,13 +213,6 @@ class CuraEngineBackend(Backend):
             self._message.hide()
             self._message = None
 
-        if self._always_restart:
-            try:
-                self._process.terminate()
-                self._createSocket()
-            except: # terminating a process that is already terminating causes an exception, silently ignore this.
-                pass
-
     def _onGCodeLayerMessage(self, message):
         self._scene.gcode_list.append(message.data.decode("utf-8", "replace"))