diff --git a/aiogremlin/connection.py b/aiogremlin/connection.py
index f68e4308816236dc4aca446638141d593396c954..84835d8e7a34b5cf59a74a2dd522f0bed7b734a7 100644
--- a/aiogremlin/connection.py
+++ b/aiogremlin/connection.py
@@ -35,16 +35,11 @@ class GremlinClientWebSocketResponse(ClientWebSocketResponse):
     def parser(self):
         return self._parser
 
-    @property
-    def closed(self):
-        """Required by ABC."""
-        return self._closed
-
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def close(self, *, code=1000, message=b''):
         if not self._closed:
-            do_close = self._close()
-            if do_close:
+            did_close = self._close()
+            if did_close:
                 return True
             while True:
                 try: