diff --git a/flow/activities/flowable.go b/flow/activities/flowable.go
index 2ffdc816d3..b44abdfd40 100644
--- a/flow/activities/flowable.go
+++ b/flow/activities/flowable.go
@@ -405,12 +405,6 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) StartNormalize(
 
 	dstConn, err := connectors.GetCDCNormalizeConnector(ctx, conn.Destination)
 	if errors.Is(err, connectors.ErrUnsupportedFunctionality) {
-		dstConn, err := connectors.GetCDCSyncConnector(ctx, conn.Destination)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get connector: %w", err)
-		}
-		defer connectors.CloseConnector(ctx, dstConn)
-
 		err = monitoring.UpdateEndTimeForCDCBatch(ctx, a.CatalogPool, input.FlowConnectionConfigs.FlowJobName,
 			input.SyncBatchID)
 		return nil, err
@@ -693,8 +687,7 @@ func (a *FlowableActivity) CleanupQRepFlow(ctx context.Context, config *protos.Q
 		a.Alerter.LogFlowError(ctx, config.FlowJobName, err)
 		return err
 	}
-
-	defer dst.Close(ctx)
+	defer dst.Close()
 
 	return dst.CleanupQRepFlow(ctx, config)
 }
diff --git a/flow/activities/snapshot_activity.go b/flow/activities/snapshot_activity.go
index 95faba6b54..7643629b2c 100644
--- a/flow/activities/snapshot_activity.go
+++ b/flow/activities/snapshot_activity.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func (a *SnapshotActivity) CloseSlotKeepAlive(ctx context.Context, flowJobName s
 
 	if s, ok := a.SnapshotConnections[flowJobName]; ok {
 		close(s.signal.CloneComplete)
-		s.connector.Close(ctx)
+		connectors.CloseConnector(ctx, s.connector)
 	}
 
 	return nil
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@ func (a *SnapshotActivity) SetupReplication(
 		logger.Error("failed to setup replication", slog.Any("error", err))
 		a.Alerter.LogFlowError(ctx, config.FlowJobName, err)
 		// it is important to close the connection here as it is not closed in CloseSlotKeepAlive
-		connCloseErr := conn.Close(ctx)
-		if connCloseErr != nil {
-			logger.Error("failed to close connection", slog.Any("error", connCloseErr))
-		}
+		connectors.CloseConnector(ctx, conn)
 	}
 
 	// This now happens in a goroutine
diff --git a/flow/cmd/peer_data.go b/flow/cmd/peer_data.go
index a009226929..eb45003b41 100644
--- a/flow/cmd/peer_data.go
+++ b/flow/cmd/peer_data.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func (h *FlowRequestHandler) GetSlotInfo(
 		slog.Error("Failed to create postgres connector", slog.Any("error", err))
 		return &protos.PeerSlotResponse{SlotData: nil}, err
 	}
-	defer pgConnector.Close(ctx)
+	defer pgConnector.Close()
 
 	slotInfo, err := pgConnector.GetSlotInfo(ctx, "")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/flow/cmd/validate_mirror.go b/flow/cmd/validate_mirror.go
index 84527fbe94..0ef515a14e 100644
--- a/flow/cmd/validate_mirror.go
+++ b/flow/cmd/validate_mirror.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (h *FlowRequestHandler) ValidateCDCMirror(
 			Ok: false,
 		}, fmt.Errorf("failed to create postgres connector: %v", err)
 	}
-	defer pgPeer.Close(ctx)
+	defer pgPeer.Close()
 
 	// Check replication connectivity
 	err = pgPeer.CheckReplicationConnectivity(ctx)
diff --git a/flow/cmd/validate_peer.go b/flow/cmd/validate_peer.go
index d8ed016bbf..2ef7d6c063 100644
--- a/flow/cmd/validate_peer.go
+++ b/flow/cmd/validate_peer.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (h *FlowRequestHandler) ValidatePeer(
 		}, nil
 	}
 
-	defer conn.Close(ctx)
+	defer conn.Close()
 
 	if req.Peer.Type == protos.DBType_POSTGRES {
 		isValid, version, err := conn.(*connpostgres.PostgresConnector).MajorVersionCheck(ctx, connpostgres.POSTGRES_12)
diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
index 5aed634e60..749bbcf8c4 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -236,11 +236,11 @@ func NewBigQueryConnector(ctx context.Context, config *protos.BigqueryConfig) (*
 }
 
 // Close closes the BigQuery driver.
-func (c *BigQueryConnector) Close(_ context.Context) error {
-	if c == nil || c.client == nil {
-		return nil
+func (c *BigQueryConnector) Close() error {
+	if c != nil {
+		return c.client.Close()
 	}
-	return c.client.Close()
+	return nil
 }
 
 // ConnectionActive returns nil if the connection is active.
@@ -250,9 +250,6 @@ func (c *BigQueryConnector) ConnectionActive(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get dataset metadata: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if c.client == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("BigQuery client is nil")
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go b/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
index f197880c95..d7f0b39ec3 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/clickhouse/clickhouse.go
@@ -167,24 +167,17 @@ func connect(ctx context.Context, config *protos.ClickhouseConfig) (*sql.DB, err
 	return conn, nil
 }
 
-func (c *ClickhouseConnector) Close(_ context.Context) error {
-	if c == nil || c.database == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	err := c.database.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error while closing connection to Clickhouse peer: %w", err)
+func (c *ClickhouseConnector) Close() error {
+	if c != nil {
+		err := c.database.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error while closing connection to Clickhouse peer: %w", err)
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (c *ClickhouseConnector) ConnectionActive(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if c == nil || c.database == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("ClickhouseConnector is nil")
-	}
-
 	// This also checks if database exists
-	err := c.database.PingContext(ctx)
-	return err
+	return c.database.PingContext(ctx)
 }
diff --git a/flow/connectors/clickhouse/normalize.go b/flow/connectors/clickhouse/normalize.go
index 87ff157144..a499540aef 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/clickhouse/normalize.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/clickhouse/normalize.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (c *ClickhouseConnector) SetupNormalizedTable(
 
 	_, err = c.database.ExecContext(ctx, normalizedTableCreateSQL)
 	if err != nil {
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("[sf] error while creating normalized table: %w", err)
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("[ch] error while creating normalized table: %w", err)
 	}
 	return false, nil
 }
diff --git a/flow/connectors/core.go b/flow/connectors/core.go
index f83a1a7836..1e9401e3b0 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/core.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/core.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 var ErrUnsupportedFunctionality = errors.New("requested connector does not support functionality")
 
 type Connector interface {
-	Close(context.Context) error
+	Close() error
 	ConnectionActive(context.Context) error
 }
 
@@ -218,11 +218,7 @@ func GetQRepConsolidateConnector(ctx context.Context, config *protos.Peer) (QRep
 }
 
 func CloseConnector(ctx context.Context, conn Connector) {
-	if conn == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	err := conn.Close(ctx)
+	err := conn.Close()
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.LoggerFromCtx(ctx).Error("error closing connector", slog.Any("error", err))
 	}
diff --git a/flow/connectors/eventhub/eventhub.go b/flow/connectors/eventhub/eventhub.go
index 2da33c1043..bf4a11f3bb 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/eventhub/eventhub.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/eventhub/eventhub.go
@@ -53,11 +53,15 @@ func NewEventHubConnector(
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (c *EventHubConnector) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
-	err := c.hubManager.Close(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		c.logger.Error("failed to close event hub manager", slog.Any("error", err))
-		return err
+func (c *EventHubConnector) Close() error {
+	if c != nil {
+		timeout, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
+		defer cancel()
+		err := c.hubManager.Close(timeout)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.logger.Error("failed to close event hub manager", slog.Any("error", err))
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
index fa2ebdc201..1079431c17 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -100,9 +100,11 @@ func (c *PostgresConnector) CreateReplConn(ctx context.Context) (*pgx.Conn, erro
 }
 
 // Close closes all connections.
-func (c *PostgresConnector) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (c *PostgresConnector) Close() error {
 	if c != nil {
-		c.conn.Close(ctx)
+		timeout, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Minute)
+		defer cancel()
+		c.conn.Close(timeout)
 		c.ssh.Close()
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres_schema_delta_test.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres_schema_delta_test.go
index 5e3166a195..6196cbc91f 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres_schema_delta_test.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres_schema_delta_test.go
@@ -217,8 +217,7 @@ func TestPostgresSchemaDeltaTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(s.t, err)
 
 		require.NoError(s.t, s.connector.ConnectionActive(context.Background()))
-		err = s.connector.Close(context.Background())
-		require.NoError(s.t, err)
+		require.NoError(s.t, s.connector.Close())
 		require.Error(s.t, s.connector.ConnectionActive(context.Background()))
 	})
 }
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/qrep_bench_test.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/qrep_bench_test.go
index 1dddc617fc..c36ee844ca 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/qrep_bench_test.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/qrep_bench_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func BenchmarkQRepQueryExecutor(b *testing.B) {
 	if err != nil {
 		b.Fatalf("failed to create connection: %v", err)
 	}
-	defer connector.Close(ctx)
+	defer connector.Close()
 
 	// Create a new QRepQueryExecutor instance
 	qe := connector.NewQRepQueryExecutor("test flow", "test part")
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/qrep_query_executor_test.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/qrep_query_executor_test.go
index 32d0a1a154..24eb88a0a9 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/qrep_query_executor_test.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/qrep_query_executor_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestExecuteAndProcessQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	connector, schemaName := setupDB(t)
 	conn := connector.conn
-	defer connector.Close(ctx)
+	defer connector.Close()
 	defer teardownDB(t, conn, schemaName)
 
 	query := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s.test(id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, data TEXT);", schemaName)
diff --git a/flow/connectors/s3/s3.go b/flow/connectors/s3/s3.go
index dabfc75ef5..e3526d9488 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/s3/s3.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/s3/s3.go
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func (c *S3Connector) CreateRawTable(_ context.Context, req *protos.CreateRawTab
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (c *S3Connector) Close(_ context.Context) error {
+func (c *S3Connector) Close() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/flow/connectors/snowflake/snowflake.go b/flow/connectors/snowflake/snowflake.go
index 2f6c0210e5..e57e95791d 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/snowflake/snowflake.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/snowflake/snowflake.go
@@ -219,26 +219,19 @@ func NewSnowflakeConnector(
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (c *SnowflakeConnector) Close(_ context.Context) error {
-	if c == nil || c.database == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	err := c.database.Close()
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error while closing connection to Snowflake peer: %w", err)
+func (c *SnowflakeConnector) Close() error {
+	if c != nil {
+		err := c.database.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("error while closing connection to Snowflake peer: %w", err)
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (c *SnowflakeConnector) ConnectionActive(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if c == nil || c.database == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("SnowflakeConnector is nil")
-	}
-
 	// This also checks if database exists
-	err := c.database.PingContext(ctx)
-	return err
+	return c.database.PingContext(ctx)
 }
 
 func (c *SnowflakeConnector) NeedsSetupMetadataTables(_ context.Context) bool {
diff --git a/flow/connectors/sql/query_executor.go b/flow/connectors/sql/query_executor.go
index 64ff4ecc54..2a06adabdb 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/sql/query_executor.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/sql/query_executor.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 type SQLQueryExecutor interface {
 	ConnectionActive(context.Context) error
-	Close(context.Context) error
+	Close() error
 
 	CreateSchema(ctx context.Context, schemaName string) error
 	DropSchema(ctx context.Context, schemaName string) error
diff --git a/flow/connectors/sqlserver/sqlserver.go b/flow/connectors/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
index 4fea9e3f68..505052e0c2 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ func NewSQLServerConnector(ctx context.Context, config *protos.SqlServerConfig)
 }
 
 // Close closes the database connection
-func (c *SQLServerConnector) Close(_ context.Context) error {
-	if c.db != nil {
+func (c *SQLServerConnector) Close() error {
+	if c != nil {
 		return c.db.Close()
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/flow/e2e/congen.go b/flow/e2e/congen.go
index 8a7ff6235e..a1b1a0601c 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/congen.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/congen.go
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ func SetupPostgres(t *testing.T, suffix string) (*connpostgres.PostgresConnector
 
 	err = cleanPostgres(conn, suffix)
 	if err != nil {
-		connector.Close(context.Background())
+		connector.Close()
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	err = setupPostgresSchema(t, conn, suffix)
 	if err != nil {
-		connector.Close(context.Background())
+		connector.Close()
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/flow/e2e/snowflake/peer_flow_sf_test.go b/flow/e2e/snowflake/peer_flow_sf_test.go
index 716eee667c..2c346be640 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/snowflake/peer_flow_sf_test.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/snowflake/peer_flow_sf_test.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func TestPeerFlowE2ETestSuiteSF(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		err := s.connector.Close(context.Background())
+		err := s.connector.Close()
 		if err != nil {
 			s.t.Fatalf("failed to close Snowflake connector: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/flow/e2e/snowflake/snowflake_schema_delta_test.go b/flow/e2e/snowflake/snowflake_schema_delta_test.go
index 03246ae617..db3459404d 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/snowflake/snowflake_schema_delta_test.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/snowflake/snowflake_schema_delta_test.go
@@ -307,6 +307,6 @@ func (s SnowflakeSchemaDeltaTestSuite) TestAddWhitespaceColumnNames() {
 func TestSnowflakeSchemaDeltaTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	e2eshared.RunSuite(t, setupSchemaDeltaSuite, func(s SnowflakeSchemaDeltaTestSuite) {
 		require.NoError(s.t, s.sfTestHelper.Cleanup())
-		require.NoError(s.t, s.connector.Close(context.Background()))
+		require.NoError(s.t, s.connector.Close())
 	})
 }