diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 291458167..05f07019f 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -11422,10 +11422,6 @@ track [<proxy>/]<server>
   enabled. If <proxy> is omitted the current one is used. If disable-on-404 is
   used, it has to be enabled on both proxies.
 
-  Note:
-    Relative weight changes are propagated to all tracking servers. Each
-    tracking server will have its weight recalculated separately.
-
 tlsv10
   This option may be used as "server" setting to reset any "no-tlsv10"
   setting which would have been inherited from "default-server" directive as
diff --git a/doc/management.txt b/doc/management.txt
index d4b7b6850..1d34f8436 100644
--- a/doc/management.txt
+++ b/doc/management.txt
@@ -1694,10 +1694,6 @@ set weight <backend>/<server> <weight>[%]
   "admin". Both the backend and the server may be specified either by their
   name or by their numeric ID, prefixed with a sharp ('#').
 
-  Note:
-    Relative weight changes are propagated to all tracking servers. Each
-    tracking server will have its weight recalculated separately.
-
 show cli sockets
   List CLI sockets. The output format is composed of 3 fields separated by
   spaces. The first field is the socket address, it can be a unix socket, a
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 721de33bc..b5d889005 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@
 static void srv_update_state(struct server *srv, int version, char **params);
 static int srv_apply_lastaddr(struct server *srv, int *err_code);
 
-const char *server_propagate_weight_change_request(struct server *sv,
-	const char *weight_str);
-
 /* List head of all known server keywords */
 static struct srv_kw_list srv_keywords = {
 	.list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(srv_keywords.list)
@@ -1448,8 +1445,6 @@ const char *server_parse_weight_change_request(struct server *sv,
 	struct proxy *px;
 	long int w;
 	char *end;
-	const char *msg;
-	int relative = 0;
 
 	px = sv->proxy;
 
@@ -1471,8 +1466,6 @@ const char *server_parse_weight_change_request(struct server *sv,
 		w = sv->iweight * w / 100;
 		if (w > 256)
 			w = 256;
-
-		relative = 1;
 	}
 	else if (w < 0 || w > 256)
 		return "Absolute weight can only be between 0 and 256 inclusive.\n";
@@ -1485,28 +1478,6 @@ const char *server_parse_weight_change_request(struct server *sv,
 	sv->uweight = w;
 	server_recalc_eweight(sv);
 
-	if (relative) {
-		msg = server_propagate_weight_change_request(sv, weight_str);
-		if (msg != NULL) {
-			return msg;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-const char *server_propagate_weight_change_request(struct server *sv,
-	const char *weight_str)
-{
-	struct server *tracker;
-	const char *msg;
-
-	for (tracker = sv->trackers; tracker; tracker = tracker->tracknext) {
-		msg = server_parse_weight_change_request(tracker, weight_str);
-		if (msg)
-			return msg;
-	}
-
 	return NULL;
 }