diff --git a/Shorewall-core/lib.cli b/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
index 99c60c1f1..28b36b2b3 100644
--- a/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
+++ b/Shorewall-core/lib.cli
@@ -1012,7 +1012,6 @@ show_command() {
 
     case "$1" in
 	connections)
-	    show_connections
 	    if [ $g_family -eq 4 ]; then
 		if [ -d /proc/sys/net/netfilter/ ]; then
 		    local count