diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c
index b272153743..0f4e0167d5 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_http.c
@@ -747,7 +747,6 @@ static int ap_proxy_http_prefetch(apr_pool_t *p, request_rec *r,
     apr_off_t bytes;
     int force10, rv;
     apr_read_type_e block;
-    conn_rec *origin = p_conn->connection;
 
     if (apr_table_get(r->subprocess_env, "force-proxy-request-1.0")) {
         if (r->expecting_100) {
@@ -805,7 +804,6 @@ static int ap_proxy_http_prefetch(apr_pool_t *p, request_rec *r,
                       "chunked body with Content-Length (C-L ignored)",
                       c->client_ip, c->remote_host ? c->remote_host: "");
         *old_cl_val = NULL;
-        origin->keepalive = AP_CONN_CLOSE;
         p_conn->close = 1;
     }