diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/AccountManager.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/AccountManager.cpp
index 4f68c2c44c..8cb48317b6 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/AccountManager.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/AccountManager.cpp
@@ -390,11 +390,19 @@ void AccountManager::sendRequest(const QString& path,
 
         // double check if the finished network reply had a session ID in the header and make
         // sure that our session ID matches that value if so
-        connect(networkReply, &QNetworkReply::finished, this, [this, networkReply]{
+        connect(networkReply, &QNetworkReply::finished, this, [this, callbackParams, networkReply]{
             if (networkReply->error() == QNetworkReply::NoError) {
                 if (networkReply->hasRawHeader(METAVERSE_SESSION_ID_HEADER)) {
                     _sessionID = networkReply->rawHeader(METAVERSE_SESSION_ID_HEADER);
                 }
+
+                if (!callbackParams.jsonCallbackReceiver) {
+                    networkReply->deleteLater();
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (!callbackParams.errorCallbackReceiver) {
+                    networkReply->deleteLater();
+                }
             }
         });
     }