diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index 77be68c..149fcbc 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -328,12 +328,8 @@
     def __init__(self, sock, debuglevel=0, strict=0, method=None, buffering=False):
         if buffering:
             # The caller won't be using any sock.recv() calls, so buffering
-            # is fine and recommended for performance.
+            # is fine and recommendef for performance
             self.fp = sock.makefile('rb')
-            # As our sock.makefile() object may receive data into its buffer
-            # beyond that needed to satisfy this response, we must close
-            # afterwards.
-            self._must_close = True
         else:
             # The buffer size is specified as zero, because the headers of
             # the response are read with readline().  If the reads were
@@ -341,7 +337,6 @@
             # response, which make be read via a recv() on the underlying
             # socket.
             self.fp = sock.makefile('rb', 0)
-            self._must_close = False
         self.debuglevel = debuglevel
         self.strict = strict
         self._method = method
@@ -479,9 +474,6 @@
             self.will_close = 1
 
     def _check_close(self):
-        if self._must_close:
-            return True
-
         conn = self.msg.getheader('connection')
         if self.version == 11:
             # An HTTP/1.1 proxy is assumed to stay open unless