diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c

index 5786ea8..7da9bde 100644

--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c

+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c

@@ -637,7 +637,6 @@ static int ap_proxy_http_prefetch(proxy_http_req_t *req,

                       "chunked body with Content-Length (C-L ignored)",

                       c->client_ip, c->remote_host ? c->remote_host: "");

         req->old_cl_val = NULL;

-        origin->keepalive = AP_CONN_CLOSE;

         p_conn->close = 1;

     }