diff --git a/src/factory/HttpTaskImpl.cc b/src/factory/HttpTaskImpl.cc
index d44c5324..ffcd7711 100644
--- a/src/factory/HttpTaskImpl.cc
+++ b/src/factory/HttpTaskImpl.cc
@@ -122,13 +122,15 @@ CommMessageOut *ComplexHttpTask::message_out()
 		this->keep_alive_timeo = 0;
 	else if (req->has_keep_alive_header())
 	{
-		HttpHeaderCursor req_cursor(req);
+		HttpHeaderCursor cursor(req);
 
 		//req---Connection: Keep-Alive
 		//req---Keep-Alive: timeout=0,max=100
 		header.name = "Keep-Alive";
 		header.name_len = strlen("Keep-Alive");
-		if (req_cursor.find(&header))
+		header.value = NULL;
+		header.value_len = 0;
+		if (cursor.find(&header))
 		{
 			std::string keep_alive((const char *)header.value, header.value_len);
 			std::vector<std::string> params = StringUtil::split(keep_alive, ',');
@@ -174,8 +176,14 @@ int ComplexHttpTask::keep_alive_timeout()
 void ComplexHttpTask::set_empty_request()
 {
 	HttpRequest *client_req = this->get_req();
+	HttpHeaderCursor cursor(client_req);
+	struct HttpMessageHeader header = {
+		.name		=	"Host",
+		.name_len	=	strlen("Host"),
+	};
+
 	client_req->set_request_uri("/");
-	client_req->set_header_pair("Host", "");
+	cursor.find_and_erase(&header);
 }
 
 void ComplexHttpTask::init_failed()
@@ -811,12 +819,13 @@ void WFHttpServerTask::handle(int state, int error)
 		req_is_alive_ = this->req.is_keep_alive();
 		if (req_is_alive_ && this->req.has_keep_alive_header())
 		{
-			HttpHeaderCursor req_cursor(&this->req);
-			struct HttpMessageHeader header;
+			HttpHeaderCursor cursor(&this->req);
+			struct HttpMessageHeader header = {
+				.name		=	"Keep-Alive",
+				.name_len	=	strlen("Keep-Alive"),
+			};
 
-			header.name = "Keep-Alive";
-			header.name_len = strlen("Keep-Alive");
-			req_has_keep_alive_header_ = req_cursor.find(&header);
+			req_has_keep_alive_header_ = cursor.find(&header);
 			if (req_has_keep_alive_header_)
 			{
 				req_keep_alive_.assign((const char *)header.value,
diff --git a/src/protocol/HttpUtil.cc b/src/protocol/HttpUtil.cc
index 683b3aca..58244ca4 100644
--- a/src/protocol/HttpUtil.cc
+++ b/src/protocol/HttpUtil.cc
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ bool HttpHeaderCursor::find(const std::string& name, std::string& value)
 {
 	struct HttpMessageHeader header = {
 		.name		=	name.c_str(),
-		.name_len	=	name.size()
+		.name_len	=	name.size(),
 	};
 
 	if (this->find(&header))
@@ -420,6 +420,15 @@ bool HttpHeaderCursor::find(const std::string& name, std::string& value)
 	return false;
 }
 
+bool HttpHeaderCursor::find_and_erase(const std::string& name)
+{
+	struct HttpMessageHeader header = {
+		.name		=	name.c_str(),
+		.name_len	=	name.size(),
+	};
+	return this->find_and_erase(&header);
+}
+
 HttpChunkCursor::HttpChunkCursor(const HttpMessage *msg)
 {
 	if (msg->get_parsed_body(&this->body, &this->body_len))
diff --git a/src/protocol/HttpUtil.h b/src/protocol/HttpUtil.h
index b5c36b51..6306a9ae 100644
--- a/src/protocol/HttpUtil.h
+++ b/src/protocol/HttpUtil.h
@@ -150,12 +150,15 @@ public:
 public:
 	bool next(struct HttpMessageHeader *header);
 	bool find(struct HttpMessageHeader *header);
+	bool erase();
+	bool find_and_erase(struct HttpMessageHeader *header);
 	void rewind();
 
 	/* std::string interface */
 public:
 	bool next(std::string& name, std::string& value);
 	bool find(const std::string& name, std::string& value);
+	bool find_and_erase(const std::string& name);
 
 protected:
 	http_header_cursor_t cursor;
@@ -205,6 +208,19 @@ inline bool HttpHeaderCursor::find(struct HttpMessageHeader *header)
 								   &this->cursor) == 0;
 }
 
+inline bool HttpHeaderCursor::erase()
+{
+	return http_header_cursor_erase(&this->cursor) == 0;
+}
+
+inline bool HttpHeaderCursor::find_and_erase(struct HttpMessageHeader *header)
+{
+	if (this->find(header))
+		return this->erase();
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 inline void HttpHeaderCursor::rewind()
 {
 	http_header_cursor_rewind(&this->cursor);
diff --git a/src/protocol/http_parser.c b/src/protocol/http_parser.c
index a109a94b..1bb551b0 100644
--- a/src/protocol/http_parser.c
+++ b/src/protocol/http_parser.c
@@ -832,3 +832,22 @@ int http_header_cursor_find(const void *name, size_t name_len,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+int http_header_cursor_erase(http_header_cursor_t *cursor)
+{
+	struct __header_line *line;
+
+	if (cursor->next != cursor->head)
+	{
+		line = list_entry(cursor->next, struct __header_line, list);
+		cursor->next = cursor->next->prev;
+		list_del(&line->list);
+		if (line->buf != (char *)(line + 1))
+			free(line->buf);
+
+		free(line);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/protocol/http_parser.h b/src/protocol/http_parser.h
index 8614ec1c..0897ede9 100644
--- a/src/protocol/http_parser.h
+++ b/src/protocol/http_parser.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ int http_header_cursor_next(const void **name, size_t *name_len,
 int http_header_cursor_find(const void *name, size_t name_len,
 							const void **value, size_t *value_len,
 							http_header_cursor_t *cursor);
+int http_header_cursor_erase(http_header_cursor_t *cursor);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }