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;
     }