diff --git a/src/server/server.c b/src/server/server.c
index 3d37c98..09812ec 100644
--- a/src/server/server.c
+++ b/src/server/server.c
@@ -477,8 +477,7 @@ _shutdown(void)
 
     parser_close();
 
-    shutdown(listen_socket, 2);
-    char _discard; while (recv(listen_socket, &_discard, 1, 0) > 0) {}
+    shutdown(listen_socket, SHUT_RDWR);
     close(listen_socket);
 
     prime_free_all();