diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 9225ff06117859..07a9984b8d5b2a 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -386,11 +386,6 @@ function Server(options, requestListener) {
     this.on('request', requestListener);
   }
 
-  // Similar option to this. Too lazy to write my own docs.
-  // http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/half_closed_clients/
-  // https://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/InnerWorkings#What_is_a_half-closed_filedescriptor.3F
-  this.httpAllowHalfOpen = false;
-
   this.on('connection', connectionListener);
 
   this.timeout = 0;
@@ -580,12 +575,7 @@ function socketOnTimeout() {
 }
 
 function socketOnClose(socket, state) {
-  debug('server socket close');
-  // Mark this parser as reusable
-  if (socket.parser) {
-    freeParser(socket.parser, null, socket);
-  }
-
+  freeParser(socket.parser, null, socket);
   abortIncoming(state.incoming);
 }
 
@@ -601,19 +591,9 @@ function socketOnEnd(server, socket, parser, state) {
   const ret = parser.finish();
 
   if (ret instanceof Error) {
-    debug('parse error');
-    FunctionPrototypeCall(socketOnError, socket, ret);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  if (!server.httpAllowHalfOpen) {
-    abortIncoming(state.incoming);
-    if (socket.writable) socket.end();
-  } else if (state.outgoing.length) {
-    state.outgoing[state.outgoing.length - 1]._last = true;
-  } else if (socket._httpMessage) {
-    socket._httpMessage._last = true;
-  } else if (socket.writable) {
+    socket.destroy(ret);
+  } else {
+    // TODO(ronag): Does end() vs destroy() make any difference?
     socket.end();
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/https.js b/lib/https.js
index a7fcf06a95f273..e4a4612780bf79 100644
--- a/lib/https.js
+++ b/lib/https.js
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ function Server(opts, requestListener) {
 
   FunctionPrototypeCall(tls.Server, this, opts, _connectionListener);
 
-  this.httpAllowHalfOpen = false;
-
   if (requestListener) {
     this.addListener('request', requestListener);
   }