diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 6f640d1af37b4e..f4e8db7de449dd 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -946,10 +946,6 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function(data, encoding) {
   if (encoding === 'hex' || encoding === 'base64')
     hot = false;
 
-  // Transfer-encoding: chunked responses to HEAD requests
-  if (this._hasBody && this.chunkedEncoding)
-    hot = false;
-
   if (hot) {
     // Hot path. They're doing
     //   res.writeHead();