diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df8575a9..1e588b26 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -218,18 +218,13 @@ const appService = require('./app.js')
 app.register(appService)
 
 // delay is the number of milliseconds for the graceful close to finish
-const closeListeners = closeWithGrace({ delay: process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY || 500 }, async function ({ signal, err, manual }) {
+closeWithGrace({ delay: process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY || 500 }, async function ({ signal, err, manual }) {
   if (err) {
     app.log.error(err)
   }
   await app.close()
 })
 
-app.addHook('onClose', (instance, done) => {
-  closeListeners.uninstall()
-  done()
-})
-
 // Start listening.
 app.listen({ port: process.env.PORT || 3000 }, (err) => {
   if (err) {
diff --git a/templates/eject-esm/server.js b/templates/eject-esm/server.js
index 42c4ae9e..3001fa62 100644
--- a/templates/eject-esm/server.js
+++ b/templates/eject-esm/server.js
@@ -22,18 +22,13 @@ const app = Fastify({
 app.register(appService)
 
 // delay is the number of milliseconds for the graceful close to finish
-const closeListeners = closeWithGrace({ delay: process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY || 500 }, async function ({ signal, err, manual }) {
+closeWithGrace({ delay: process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY || 500 }, async function ({ signal, err, manual }) {
   if (err) {
     app.log.error(err)
   }
   await app.close()
 })
 
-app.addHook('onClose', (instance, done) => {
-  closeListeners.uninstall()
-  done()
-})
-
 // Start listening.
 app.listen({ port: process.env.PORT || 3000 }, (err) => {
   if (err) {
diff --git a/templates/eject-ts/server.ts b/templates/eject-ts/server.ts
index 802c4de8..d2ea5071 100644
--- a/templates/eject-ts/server.ts
+++ b/templates/eject-ts/server.ts
@@ -17,18 +17,13 @@ const app = Fastify({
 app.register(import("./app"));
 
 // delay is the number of milliseconds for the graceful close to finish 
-const closeListeners = closeWithGrace({ delay: parseInt(process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY) || 500 }, async function ({ signal, err, manual }) {
+closeWithGrace({ delay: parseInt(process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY) || 500 }, async function ({ signal, err, manual }) {
   if (err) {
     app.log.error(err)
   }
   await app.close()
 } as closeWithGrace.CloseWithGraceAsyncCallback)
 
-app.addHook('onClose', (instance, done) => {
-  closeListeners.uninstall()
-  done()
-})
-
 // Start listening.
 app.listen({ port: parseInt(process.env.PORT) || 3000 }, (err: any) => {
   if (err) {
diff --git a/templates/eject/server.js b/templates/eject/server.js
index 66795190..eb96a0e0 100644
--- a/templates/eject/server.js
+++ b/templates/eject/server.js
@@ -19,18 +19,13 @@ const appService = require('./app.js')
 app.register(appService)
 
 // delay is the number of milliseconds for the graceful close to finish
-const closeListeners = closeWithGrace({ delay: process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY || 500 }, async function ({ signal, err, manual }) {
+closeWithGrace({ delay: process.env.FASTIFY_CLOSE_GRACE_DELAY || 500 }, async function ({ signal, err, manual }) {
   if (err) {
     app.log.error(err)
   }
   await app.close()
 })
 
-app.addHook('onClose', (instance, done) => {
-  closeListeners.uninstall()
-  done()
-})
-
 // Start listening.
 app.listen({ port: process.env.PORT || 3000 }, (err) => {
   if (err) {