diff --git a/modules/http/http_core.c b/modules/http/http_core.c
index 810822d864..5fbd376b98 100644
--- a/modules/http/http_core.c
+++ b/modules/http/http_core.c
@@ -3284,6 +3284,11 @@ static const char *core_method(const request_rec *r)
 static unsigned short core_port(const request_rec *r)
     { return DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT; }
 
+static int core_post_read_req(request_rec *r)
+{
+    ap_add_filter("CORE", NULL, r);
+}
+
 static void core_register_filter(request_rec *r)
 {
     int i;
@@ -3310,6 +3315,7 @@ static void register_hooks(void)
     /* FIXME: I suspect we can eliminate the need for these - Ben */
     ap_hook_type_checker(do_nothing,NULL,NULL,AP_HOOK_REALLY_LAST);
     ap_hook_access_checker(do_nothing,NULL,NULL,AP_HOOK_REALLY_LAST);
+    ap_hook_post_read_request(core_post_read_req, NULL, NULL, AP_HOOK_REALLY_FIRST);
 
     /* define the CORE filter, then register a hook to insert it at
      * request-processing time.
diff --git a/modules/http/http_protocol.c b/modules/http/http_protocol.c
index e44fd5faf7..3463aa5c9b 100644
--- a/modules/http/http_protocol.c
+++ b/modules/http/http_protocol.c
@@ -1200,8 +1200,6 @@ request_rec *ap_read_request(conn_rec *conn)
     r->status          = HTTP_REQUEST_TIME_OUT;  /* Until we get a request */
     r->the_request     = NULL;
 
-    ap_add_filter("CORE", NULL, r);
-
 #ifdef APACHE_XLATE
     r->rrx = apr_pcalloc(p, sizeof(struct ap_rr_xlate));
     ap_set_content_xlate(r, 0, ap_locale_from_ascii);
diff --git a/modules/http/http_request.c b/modules/http/http_request.c
index f8c6f5b203..2b68e0ecfa 100644
--- a/modules/http/http_request.c
+++ b/modules/http/http_request.c
@@ -1388,8 +1388,6 @@ static request_rec *internal_internal_redirect(const char *new_uri,
     apr_table_setn(new->subprocess_env, "REDIRECT_STATUS",
 	apr_psprintf(r->pool, "%d", r->status));
 
-    ap_add_filter("CORE", NULL, new);
-
     /*
      * XXX: hmm.  This is because mod_setenvif and mod_unique_id really need
      * to do their thing on internal redirects as well.  Perhaps this is a