diff --git a/chameleon-server/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/vision/pipeline/impl/StandardCVPipeline.java b/chameleon-server/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/vision/pipeline/impl/StandardCVPipeline.java
index 580c0ed62..f55450f93 100644
--- a/chameleon-server/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/vision/pipeline/impl/StandardCVPipeline.java
+++ b/chameleon-server/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/vision/pipeline/impl/StandardCVPipeline.java
@@ -232,15 +232,6 @@ public class StandardCVPipeline extends CVPipeline<StandardCVPipelineResult, Sta
         }
 
         memManager.run();
-
-        // release all the results
-        erodeDilateResult.getLeft().release();
-        hsvResult.getLeft().release();
-        findContoursResult.getLeft().forEach(Mat::release);
-        filterContoursResult.getLeft().forEach(Mat::release);
-        speckleRejectResult.getLeft().forEach(Mat::release);
-        groupContoursResult.getLeft().forEach(TrackedTarget::release);
-        sortContoursResult.getLeft().forEach(TrackedTarget::release);
         
         return new StandardCVPipelineResult(collect2dTargetsResult.getLeft(), outputMat, totalPipelineTimeNanos);
     }