diff --git a/include/haproxy/listener-t.h b/include/haproxy/listener-t.h
index 7f0b28603..763e8c376 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/listener-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/listener-t.h
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ enum li_status {
 /* unused                       0x0002  */
 /* unused                       0x0004  */
 /* unused                       0x0008  */
-#define LI_O_TCP_L4_RULES       0x0010  /* run TCP L4 rules checks on the incoming connection */
-#define LI_O_TCP_L5_RULES       0x0020  /* run TCP L5 rules checks on the incoming session */
+/* unused                       0x0010  */
+/* unused                       0x0020  */
 /* unused                       0x0040  */
 /* unused                       0x0080  */
 /* unused                       0x0100  */
diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 4d788dd8f..664a24a17 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -4328,12 +4328,6 @@ init_proxies_list_stage2:
 				li_init_per_thr(listener);
 			}
 #endif
-
-			if (!LIST_ISEMPTY(&curproxy->tcp_req.l4_rules))
-				listener->options |= LI_O_TCP_L4_RULES;
-
-			if (!LIST_ISEMPTY(&curproxy->tcp_req.l5_rules))
-				listener->options |= LI_O_TCP_L5_RULES;
 		}
 
 		/* Release unused SSL configs */
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index bc042b7a1..a6cca8243 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int session_accept_fd(struct connection *cli_conn)
 	/* now evaluate the tcp-request layer4 rules. We only need a session
 	 * and no stream for these rules.
 	 */
-	if ((l->options & LI_O_TCP_L4_RULES) && !tcp_exec_l4_rules(sess)) {
+	if (!LIST_ISEMPTY(&p->tcp_req.l4_rules) && !tcp_exec_l4_rules(sess)) {
 		/* let's do a no-linger now to close with a single RST. */
 		setsockopt(cfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_LINGER, (struct linger *) &nolinger, sizeof(struct linger));
 		ret = 0; /* successful termination */
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ int conn_complete_session(struct connection *conn)
 		conn->flags |= CO_FL_XPRT_TRACKED;
 
 	/* we may have some tcp-request-session rules */
-	if ((sess->listener->options & LI_O_TCP_L5_RULES) && !tcp_exec_l5_rules(sess))
+	if (!LIST_ISEMPTY(&sess->fe->tcp_req.l5_rules) && !tcp_exec_l5_rules(sess))
 		goto fail;
 
 	session_count_new(sess);