diff --git a/gym/vector/async_vector_env.py b/gym/vector/async_vector_env.py
index 742439d9d..d35ebe703 100644
--- a/gym/vector/async_vector_env.py
+++ b/gym/vector/async_vector_env.py
@@ -488,6 +488,10 @@ class AsyncVectorEnv(VectorEnv):
         logger.error("Raising the last exception back to the main process.")
         raise exctype(value)
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        if not getattr(self, "closed", True):
+            self.close(terminate=True)
+
 
 def _worker(index, env_fn, pipe, parent_pipe, shared_memory, error_queue):
     assert shared_memory is None
diff --git a/gym/vector/vector_env.py b/gym/vector/vector_env.py
index 51f41773f..01e1c730a 100644
--- a/gym/vector/vector_env.py
+++ b/gym/vector/vector_env.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class VectorEnv(gym.Env):
 
     def close_extras(self, **kwargs):
         r"""Clean up the extra resources e.g. beyond what's in this base class."""
-        raise NotImplementedError()
+        pass
 
     def close(self, **kwargs):
         r"""Close all sub-environments and release resources.
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class VectorEnv(gym.Env):
 
     def __del__(self):
         if not getattr(self, "closed", True):
-            self.close(terminate=True)
+            self.close()
 
     def __repr__(self):
         if self.spec is None: