diff --git a/contrib/debug/flags.c b/contrib/debug/flags.c
index dc4c04467..0e67155a8 100644
--- a/contrib/debug/flags.c
+++ b/contrib/debug/flags.c
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ void show_chn_flags(unsigned int f)
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CF_READ_NOEXP);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CF_SHUTR_NOW);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CF_SHUTR);
-	SHOW_FLAG(f, CF_WAKE_CONNECT);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CF_READ_ERROR);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CF_READ_TIMEOUT);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CF_READ_PARTIAL);
diff --git a/include/types/channel.h b/include/types/channel.h
index 2d79c11f7..4bcc3b954 100644
--- a/include/types/channel.h
+++ b/include/types/channel.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 #define CF_READ_ERROR     0x00000008  /* unrecoverable error on producer side */
 #define CF_READ_ACTIVITY  (CF_READ_NULL|CF_READ_PARTIAL|CF_READ_ERROR)
 
-#define CF_WAKE_CONNECT   0x00000010  /* wake the task up after connect succeeds */
+/* unused: 0x00000010 */
 #define CF_SHUTR          0x00000020  /* producer has already shut down */
 #define CF_SHUTR_NOW      0x00000040  /* the producer must shut down for reads ASAP */
 #define CF_READ_NOEXP     0x00000080  /* producer should not expire */
diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index 9a9f80f90..ce33f60a3 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -2324,7 +2324,7 @@ int pcli_wait_for_response(struct stream *s, struct channel *rep, int an_bit)
 		s->si[1].conn_retries = 0;  /* used for logging too */
 		s->si[1].exp       = TICK_ETERNITY;
 		s->si[1].flags    &= SI_FL_ISBACK | SI_FL_DONT_WAKE; /* we're in the context of process_stream */
-		s->req.flags &= ~(CF_SHUTW|CF_SHUTW_NOW|CF_AUTO_CONNECT|CF_WRITE_ERROR|CF_STREAMER|CF_STREAMER_FAST|CF_NEVER_WAIT|CF_WAKE_CONNECT|CF_WROTE_DATA);
+		s->req.flags &= ~(CF_SHUTW|CF_SHUTW_NOW|CF_AUTO_CONNECT|CF_WRITE_ERROR|CF_STREAMER|CF_STREAMER_FAST|CF_NEVER_WAIT|CF_WROTE_DATA);
 		s->res.flags &= ~(CF_SHUTR|CF_SHUTR_NOW|CF_READ_ATTACHED|CF_READ_ERROR|CF_READ_NOEXP|CF_STREAMER|CF_STREAMER_FAST|CF_WRITE_PARTIAL|CF_NEVER_WAIT|CF_WROTE_DATA|CF_READ_NULL);
 		s->flags &= ~(SF_DIRECT|SF_ASSIGNED|SF_ADDR_SET|SF_BE_ASSIGNED|SF_FORCE_PRST|SF_IGNORE_PRST);
 		s->flags &= ~(SF_CURR_SESS|SF_REDIRECTABLE|SF_SRV_REUSED);
diff --git a/src/stream.c b/src/stream.c
index 396100525..918da5e9d 100644
--- a/src/stream.c
+++ b/src/stream.c
@@ -905,15 +905,6 @@ static void sess_establish(struct stream *s)
 		si->err_type = SI_ET_DATA_ERR;
 	}
 
-	/* If the request channel is waiting for the connect(), we mark the read
-	 * side as attached on the response channel and we wake up it once. So
-	 * it will have a chance to forward data now.
-	 */
-	if (req->flags & CF_WAKE_CONNECT) {
-		req->flags |= CF_WAKE_ONCE;
-		req->flags &= ~CF_WAKE_CONNECT;
-	}
-
 	if (objt_server(s->target))
 		health_adjust(objt_server(s->target), HANA_STATUS_L4_OK);