diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/extaddrfinder.cc b/libretroshare/src/util/extaddrfinder.cc
index d0395c710..fbed6fe85 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/extaddrfinder.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/extaddrfinder.cc
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ void* doExtAddrSearch(void *p)
 			af->mFoundTS = time(NULL) ;
 			af->mSearching = false ;
 		}
-		pthread_exit(NULL);
 		return NULL ;
 	}
 
@@ -213,7 +212,6 @@ void* doExtAddrSearch(void *p)
 			af->mFoundTS = time(NULL) ;
 			af->mSearching = false ;
 		}
-		pthread_exit(NULL);
 		return NULL ;
 	}
 
@@ -224,7 +222,6 @@ void* doExtAddrSearch(void *p)
 		af->mSearching = false ;
 	}
 
-	pthread_exit(NULL);
 	return NULL ;
 }