diff --git a/httplib.h b/httplib.h
index 9bf7365..b822a29 100644
--- a/httplib.h
+++ b/httplib.h
@@ -209,8 +209,6 @@ public:
     bool is_running() const;
     void stop();
 
-    bool is_handling_requests() const;
-
 protected:
     bool process_request(Stream& strm, bool last_connection);
 
diff --git a/test/test.cc b/test/test.cc
index 46a9c5e..bae6901 100644
--- a/test/test.cc
+++ b/test/test.cc
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ protected:
     virtual void TearDown() {
         svr_.stop();
         t_.join();
-        EXPECT_EQ(false, svr_.is_handling_requests());
     }
 
     map<string, string> persons_;