diff --git a/src/box/phia.c b/src/box/phia.c
index eef8a0837bf509baa9529cce46aea6578dd45915..eb0db26532595dd2c56fb0d78fe3af7c55298bd0 100644
--- a/src/box/phia.c
+++ b/src/box/phia.c
@@ -14309,16 +14309,9 @@ se_destroy(struct so *o)
 	return rcret;
 }
 
-static int
-se_close(struct so *o)
-{
-	return se_destroy(o);
-}
-
 static struct soif seif =
 {
 	.open         = se_open,
-	.close        = se_close,
 	.destroy      = se_destroy,
 	.setstring    = se_confset_string,
 	.setint       = se_confset_int,
@@ -15159,7 +15152,6 @@ static void *se_confkv_getstring(struct so *o, const char *path, int *size)
 static struct soif seconfkvif =
 {
 	.open         = NULL,
-	.close        = NULL,
 	.destroy      = se_confkv_destroy,
 	.setstring    = NULL,
 	.setint       = NULL,
@@ -15242,7 +15234,6 @@ se_confcursor_get(struct so *o, struct so *v)
 static struct soif seconfcursorif =
 {
 	.open         = NULL,
-	.close        = NULL,
 	.destroy      = se_confcursor_destroy,
 	.setstring    = NULL,
 	.setint       = NULL,
@@ -16140,7 +16131,6 @@ phia_document_getint(struct so *o, const char *path)
 static struct soif sedocumentif =
 {
 	.open         = phia_document_open,
-	.close        = NULL,
 	.destroy      = phia_document_destroy,
 	.setstring    = phia_document_setstring,
 	.setint       = phia_document_setint,
@@ -16519,16 +16509,6 @@ int phia_open(void *ptr)
 	return o->i->open(o);
 }
 
-int phia_close(void *ptr)
-{
-	struct so *o = sp_cast(ptr, __func__);
-	if (unlikely(o->i->close == NULL)) {
-		sp_unsupported(o, __func__);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	return o->i->close(o);
-}
-
 int phia_destroy(void *ptr)
 {
 	struct so *o = sp_cast(ptr, __func__);
diff --git a/src/box/phia.h b/src/box/phia.h
index 681fc14854aa2023ae20b49e288b42770bdd6204..3428048534695aef34113eb1da486d0c77581143 100644
--- a/src/box/phia.h
+++ b/src/box/phia.h
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ void    *phia_getobject(void*, const char*);
 void    *phia_getstring(void*, const char*, int*);
 int64_t  phia_getint(void*, const char*);
 int      phia_open(void*);
-int      phia_close(void*);
 int      phia_drop(void*);
 int      phia_destroy(void*);
 struct phia_service *