diff --git a/driver/src/main/java/org/kaazing/k3po/driver/internal/netty/bootstrap/http/HttpBootstrapFactorySpi.java b/driver/src/main/java/org/kaazing/k3po/driver/internal/netty/bootstrap/http/HttpBootstrapFactorySpi.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/driver/src/main/java/org/kaazing/k3po/driver/internal/netty/bootstrap/http/HttpBootstrapFactorySpi.java
+++ b/driver/src/main/java/org/kaazing/k3po/driver/internal/netty/bootstrap/http/HttpBootstrapFactorySpi.java
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ public class HttpBootstrapFactorySpi extends BootstrapFactorySpi {
 
     @Override
     public void shutdown() {
-        serverChannelFactory.shutdown();
+        // ignore, no external resources to shutdown as it always runs on top of another transport (tcp)
     }
 
     @Override
     public void releaseExternalResources() {
-        serverChannelFactory.releaseExternalResources();
+        // ignore, no external resources to shutdown as it always runs on top of another transport (tcp)
     }
 }
ignored calls to shutdown and releaseExternalResources as it has no physical assets to release or shutdown at its transport layer