diff --git a/src/network/core/core.h b/src/network/core/core.h
index 37948ad527..a16ed9f23b 100644
--- a/src/network/core/core.h
+++ b/src/network/core/core.h
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ public:
 	NetworkSocketHandler() { this->has_quit = false; }
 
 	/** Close the socket when destructing the socket handler */
-	virtual ~NetworkSocketHandler() { this->Close(); }
-
-	/** Really close the socket */
-	virtual void Close() {}
+	virtual ~NetworkSocketHandler() {}
 
 	/**
 	 * Close the current connection; for TCP this will be mostly equivalent
diff --git a/src/network/core/tcp.cpp b/src/network/core/tcp.cpp
index 3bba291c73..5c436edf05 100644
--- a/src/network/core/tcp.cpp
+++ b/src/network/core/tcp.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ NetworkTCPSocketHandler::NetworkTCPSocketHandler(SOCKET s) :
 
 NetworkTCPSocketHandler::~NetworkTCPSocketHandler()
 {
-	this->CloseConnection();
+	/* Virtual functions get called statically in destructors, so make it explicit to remove any confusion. */
+	this->NetworkTCPSocketHandler::CloseConnection();
 
 	if (this->sock != INVALID_SOCKET) closesocket(this->sock);
 	this->sock = INVALID_SOCKET;
diff --git a/src/network/core/tcp_content.cpp b/src/network/core/tcp_content.cpp
index 0371b76215..3abf1c29c9 100644
--- a/src/network/core/tcp_content.cpp
+++ b/src/network/core/tcp_content.cpp
@@ -137,9 +137,11 @@ const char *ContentInfo::GetTextfile(TextfileType type) const
 	return ::GetTextfile(type, GetContentInfoSubDir(this->type), tmp);
 }
 
-void NetworkContentSocketHandler::Close()
+/**
+ * Close the actual socket.
+ */
+void NetworkContentSocketHandler::CloseSocket()
 {
-	CloseConnection();
 	if (this->sock == INVALID_SOCKET) return;
 
 	closesocket(this->sock);
diff --git a/src/network/core/tcp_content.h b/src/network/core/tcp_content.h
index 52cae1e0ed..b1bde48172 100644
--- a/src/network/core/tcp_content.h
+++ b/src/network/core/tcp_content.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 /** Base socket handler for all Content TCP sockets */
 class NetworkContentSocketHandler : public NetworkTCPSocketHandler {
 protected:
-	void Close() override;
+	void CloseSocket();
 
 	bool ReceiveInvalidPacket(PacketContentType type);
 
@@ -124,7 +124,11 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	/** On destructing of this class, the socket needs to be closed */
-	virtual ~NetworkContentSocketHandler() { this->Close(); }
+	virtual ~NetworkContentSocketHandler()
+	{
+		/* Virtual functions get called statically in destructors, so make it explicit to remove any confusion. */
+		this->CloseSocket();
+	}
 
 	bool ReceivePackets();
 };
diff --git a/src/network/core/udp.h b/src/network/core/udp.h
index 881fb0a612..ab898eeee3 100644
--- a/src/network/core/udp.h
+++ b/src/network/core/udp.h
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ public:
 	virtual ~NetworkUDPSocketHandler() { this->Close(); }
 
 	bool Listen();
-	void Close() override;
+	void Close();
 
 	void SendPacket(Packet *p, NetworkAddress *recv, bool all = false, bool broadcast = false);
 	void ReceivePackets();
diff --git a/src/network/network_content.cpp b/src/network/network_content.cpp
index e4f368618b..26d220b6ae 100644
--- a/src/network/network_content.cpp
+++ b/src/network/network_content.cpp
@@ -784,7 +784,9 @@ void ClientNetworkContentSocketHandler::Connect()
 void ClientNetworkContentSocketHandler::Close()
 {
 	if (this->sock == INVALID_SOCKET) return;
-	NetworkContentSocketHandler::Close();
+
+	this->CloseConnection();
+	this->CloseSocket();
 
 	this->OnDisconnect();
 }
diff --git a/src/network/network_content.h b/src/network/network_content.h
index f28821a0bf..13b93417c3 100644
--- a/src/network/network_content.h
+++ b/src/network/network_content.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public:
 
 	void Connect();
 	void SendReceive();
-	void Close() override;
+	void Close();
 
 	void RequestContentList(ContentType type);
 	void RequestContentList(uint count, const ContentID *content_ids);