diff --git a/http/server.ts b/http/server.ts
index da335a58cd41..3886e7672636 100644
--- a/http/server.ts
+++ b/http/server.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ export class ServerRequest {
   method: string;
   proto: string;
   headers: Headers;
-  conn: Conn;
   r: BufReader;
   w: BufWriter;
   done: Deferred<void> = deferred();
@@ -199,13 +198,10 @@ export class ServerRequest {
 }
 
 async function readRequest(
-  conn: Conn,
   bufr: BufReader
 ): Promise<[ServerRequest, BufState]> {
   const req = new ServerRequest();
-  req.conn = conn;
   req.r = bufr;
-  req.w = new BufWriter(conn);
   const tp = new TextProtoReader(bufr);
   let err: BufState;
   // First line: GET /index.html HTTP/1.0
@@ -234,12 +230,14 @@ export class Server implements AsyncIterable<ServerRequest> {
     conn: Conn
   ): AsyncIterableIterator<ServerRequest> {
     const bufr = new BufReader(conn);
+    const w = new BufWriter(conn);
     let bufStateErr: BufState;
     let req: ServerRequest;
 
     while (!this.closing) {
-      [req, bufStateErr] = await readRequest(conn, bufr);
+      [req, bufStateErr] = await readRequest(bufr);
       if (bufStateErr) break;
+      req.w = w;
       yield req;
       // Wait for the request to be processed before we accept a new request on
       // this connection.
diff --git a/http/server_test.ts b/http/server_test.ts
index 396a0321a1ae..a2a4713d90ff 100644
--- a/http/server_test.ts
+++ b/http/server_test.ts
@@ -49,21 +49,6 @@ test(async function responseWrite(): Promise<void> {
     const request = new ServerRequest();
     request.w = bufw;
 
-    request.conn = {
-      localAddr: "",
-      remoteAddr: "",
-      rid: -1,
-      closeRead: (): void => {},
-      closeWrite: (): void => {},
-      read: async (): Promise<Deno.ReadResult> => {
-        return { eof: true, nread: 0 };
-      },
-      write: async (): Promise<number> => {
-        return -1;
-      },
-      close: (): void => {}
-    };
-
     await request.respond(testCase.response);
     assertEquals(buf.toString(), testCase.raw);
     await request.done;