diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Jwt/JwkFactory.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Jwt/JwkFactory.php
index ab28789d797de..918fc2cb79bc6 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Jwt/JwkFactory.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Jwt/JwkFactory.php
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ private function createPrivateRsa(string $key, ?string $pass, string $use, strin
     {
         $resource = openssl_get_privatekey($key, (string)$pass);
         $keyData = openssl_pkey_get_details($resource)['rsa'];
-        $this->freeResource($resource);
+
         $keysMap = [
             'n' => 'n',
             'e' => 'e',
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ private function createPublicRsa(string $key, string $use, string $algorithm, ?s
     {
         $resource = openssl_get_publickey($key);
         $keyData = openssl_pkey_get_details($resource)['rsa'];
-        $this->freeResource($resource);
+
         $keysMap = [
             'n' => 'n',
             'e' => 'e'
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ private function createPrivateEc(
     ): Jwk {
         $resource = openssl_get_privatekey($key, (string)$pass);
         $keyData = openssl_pkey_get_details($resource)['ec'];
-        $this->freeResource($resource);
+
         if (!array_key_exists($keyData['curve_oid'], self::EC_CURVE_MAP)) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('Unsupported EC curve');
         }
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ private function createPublicEc(
     ): Jwk {
         $resource = openssl_get_publickey($key);
         $keyData = openssl_pkey_get_details($resource)['ec'];
-        $this->freeResource($resource);
+
         if (!array_key_exists($keyData['curve_oid'], self::EC_CURVE_MAP)) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('Unsupported EC curve');
         }
@@ -950,15 +950,4 @@ private static function base64Decode(string $encoded): string
         return $value;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param mixed $resource
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    private function freeResource($resource): void
-    {
-        if (\is_resource($resource) && (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '8.0') < 0)) {
-            openssl_free_key($resource);
-        }
-    }
 }