diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1e03453cc3..7fd510bd12 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+    * Fix #2749, remove unnecessary __del__ logic to close connections.
     * Fix #2754, adding a missing argument to SentinelManagedConnection
     * Fix `xadd` command to accept non-negative `maxlen` including 0
     * Revert #2104, #2673, add `disconnect_on_error` option to `read_response()` (issues #2506, #2624)
diff --git a/redis/asyncio/connection.py b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
index 462673f2ed..4ba177ef26 100644
--- a/redis/asyncio/connection.py
+++ b/redis/asyncio/connection.py
@@ -181,12 +181,6 @@ def __init__(self, socket_read_size: int):
         self._read_size = socket_read_size
         self._connected = False
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        try:
-            self.on_disconnect()
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
     @classmethod
     def parse_error(cls, response: str) -> ResponseError:
         """Parse an error response"""
@@ -570,18 +564,6 @@ def repr_pieces(self):
             pieces.append(("client_name", self.client_name))
         return pieces
 
-    def __del__(self):
-        try:
-            if self.is_connected:
-                loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
-                coro = self.disconnect()
-                if loop.is_running():
-                    loop.create_task(coro)
-                else:
-                    loop.run_until_complete(coro)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
-
     @property
     def is_connected(self):
         return self._reader is not None and self._writer is not None