diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
index 3e9cb995ee..720bb2eee0 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.cpp
@@ -107,10 +107,6 @@ LimitedNodeList::LimitedNodeList(unsigned short socketListenPort, unsigned short
     _packetReceiver.registerListener(PacketType::StunResponse, this, "processSTUNResponse");
 }
 
-LimitedNodeList::~LimitedNodeList() {
-    disconnect(&_nodeSocket, &QUdpSocket::readyRead, 0, 0);
-}
-
 void LimitedNodeList::setSessionUUID(const QUuid& sessionUUID) {
     QUuid oldUUID = _sessionUUID;
     _sessionUUID = sessionUUID;
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h
index 7f4a3d8917..a2cbac7348 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/LimitedNodeList.h
@@ -248,8 +248,6 @@ protected:
     LimitedNodeList(LimitedNodeList const&); // Don't implement, needed to avoid copies of singleton
     void operator=(LimitedNodeList const&); // Don't implement, needed to avoid copies of singleton
     
-    ~LimitedNodeList();
-    
     qint64 writePacket(const NLPacket& packet, const HifiSockAddr& destinationSockAddr,
                        const QUuid& connectionSecret = QUuid());
     qint64 writeDatagram(const QByteArray& datagram, const HifiSockAddr& destinationSockAddr);
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp
index 49115e1004..e9480a4c75 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/PacketReceiver.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void PacketReceiver::processDatagrams() {
 
     auto nodeList = DependencyManager::get<LimitedNodeList>();
 
-    while (nodeList->getNodeSocket().hasPendingDatagrams()) {
+    while (nodeList && nodeList->getNodeSocket().hasPendingDatagrams()) {
         // setup a buffer to read the packet into
         int packetSizeWithHeader = nodeList->getNodeSocket().pendingDatagramSize();
         std::unique_ptr<char> buffer = std::unique_ptr<char>(new char[packetSizeWithHeader]);