diff --git a/lib/https/index.js b/lib/https/index.js
index 0da6d9afd..6427bcfc4 100644
--- a/lib/https/index.js
+++ b/lib/https/index.js
@@ -345,7 +345,6 @@ module.exports = function dispatch(socket, hostname, _proxy, data, callback) {
     return socket.on('error', destroy).on('close', destroy);
   }
 
-  abortIfUnavailable(socket);
   socket.on('data', request);
   socket.on('end', request);