diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 01aa4ebde80..f7b2f786b69 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -1482,9 +1482,7 @@ ClientRequest.prototype.onSocket = function(socket) {
     parser.incoming = null;
     req.parser = parser;
 
-    parser.socket = socket;
     socket.parser = parser;
-    parser.incoming = null;
     socket._httpMessage = req;
 
     // Setup "drain" propogation.