diff --git a/services/ticktimer-server/src/lib.rs b/services/ticktimer-server/src/lib.rs
index cba2a0685..b6dc89bac 100644
--- a/services/ticktimer-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/services/ticktimer-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,3 +37,11 @@ impl Ticktimer {
         ).map(|_| ())
     }
 }
+
+impl Drop for Ticktimer {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // de-allocate myself. It's unsafe because we are responsible to make sure nobody else is using the connection.
+        unsafe{xous::disconnect(self.conn).unwrap();}
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/trng/src/lib.rs b/services/trng/src/lib.rs
index fd70dcfa2..73df169ba 100644
--- a/services/trng/src/lib.rs
+++ b/services/trng/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,3 +37,11 @@ impl Trng {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl Drop for Trng {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // de-allocate myself. It's unsafe because we are responsible to make sure nobody else is using the connection.
+        unsafe{xous::disconnect(self.conn).unwrap();}
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/services/xous-names/src/lib.rs b/services/xous-names/src/lib.rs
index bc0e1dcd6..1e9a17a5b 100644
--- a/services/xous-names/src/lib.rs
+++ b/services/xous-names/src/lib.rs
@@ -75,3 +75,11 @@ impl XousNames {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl Drop for XousNames {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        // de-allocate myself. It's unsafe because we are responsible to make sure nobody else is using the connection.
+        unsafe{xous::disconnect(self.conn).unwrap();}
+
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index dfb2e1974..13caa1399 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ fn try_main() -> Result<(), DynError> {
         "xous-names",
         //"keyboard",
         "trng",
-        "llio",
+
+        "llio", // still to convert
         "rkyv-test-client",
         "rkyv-test-server",
     ];