diff --git a/crawlers/mooncrawl/mooncrawl/moonworm_crawler/continuous_crawler.py b/crawlers/mooncrawl/mooncrawl/moonworm_crawler/continuous_crawler.py
index 900df29d..1ac12665 100644
--- a/crawlers/mooncrawl/mooncrawl/moonworm_crawler/continuous_crawler.py
+++ b/crawlers/mooncrawl/mooncrawl/moonworm_crawler/continuous_crawler.py
@@ -153,8 +153,6 @@ def continuous_crawler(
     try:
         while True:
             try:
-                # query db  with limit 1, to avoid session closing
-                db_session.execute("SELECT 1")
                 time.sleep(current_sleep_time)
 
                 end_block = min(