diff --git a/src/evhttp/evhttp.h b/src/evhttp/evhttp.h
index 1f3ac4b4..a5069f87 100644
--- a/src/evhttp/evhttp.h
+++ b/src/evhttp/evhttp.h
@@ -232,9 +232,6 @@ struct {
 	void (*cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *);
 	void *cb_arg;
 
-	void (*fail_cb)(struct evhttp_request *, void *);
-	void *fail_cb_arg;
-
 	/*
 	 * Chunked data callback - call for each completed chunk if
 	 * specified.  If not specified, all the data is delivered via
diff --git a/src/evhttp/http.c b/src/evhttp/http.c
index a6a02111..70a97535 100644
--- a/src/evhttp/http.c
+++ b/src/evhttp/http.c
@@ -654,11 +654,7 @@ evhttp_connection_fail(struct evhttp_connection *evcon,
 		 * reply before the connection can be freed.
 		 */
 		if (evhttp_connection_incoming_fail(req, error) == -1)
-		  {
-		    if (req->fail_cb)
-		      req->fail_cb(req, req->fail_cb_arg);
-		    evhttp_connection_free(evcon);
-		  }
+			evhttp_connection_free(evcon);
 		return;
 	}