diff --git a/contrib/prometheus-exporter/service-prometheus.c b/contrib/prometheus-exporter/service-prometheus.c
index 98f6b174c..ba1619f47 100644
--- a/contrib/prometheus-exporter/service-prometheus.c
+++ b/contrib/prometheus-exporter/service-prometheus.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ const struct ist promex_st_metric_desc[ST_F_TOTAL_FIELDS] = {
 	[ST_F_ERESP]          = IST("Total number of response errors."),
 	[ST_F_WRETR]          = IST("Total number of retry warnings."),
 	[ST_F_WREDIS]         = IST("Total number of redispatch warnings."),
-	[ST_F_STATUS]         = IST("Current status of the service (frontend: 0=STOP, 1=UP, 2=FULL - backend: 0=DOWN, 1=UP - server: 0=DOWN, 1=UP, 2=MAINT, 3=DRAIN, 4=NOLB)."),
+	[ST_F_STATUS]         = IST("Current status of the service (frontend: 0=STOP, 1=UP - backend: 0=DOWN, 1=UP - server: 0=DOWN, 1=UP, 2=MAINT, 3=DRAIN, 4=NOLB)."),
 	[ST_F_WEIGHT]         = IST("Service weight."),
 	[ST_F_ACT]            = IST("Current number of active servers."),
 	[ST_F_BCK]            = IST("Current number of backup servers."),
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ static int promex_dump_front_metrics(struct appctx *appctx, struct htx *htx)
 
 			switch (appctx->st2) {
 				case ST_F_STATUS:
-					metric = mkf_u32(FO_STATUS, px->state == PR_STREADY ? 1 : px->state == PR_STFULL ? 2 : 0);
+					metric = mkf_u32(FO_STATUS, px->state == PR_STREADY ? 1 : 0);
 					break;
 				case ST_F_SCUR:
 					metric = mkf_u32(0, px->feconn);
diff --git a/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h b/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
index 16fee4a2e..f0c61b3b7 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/proxy-t.h
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 enum pr_state {
 	PR_STNEW = 0,           /* proxy has not been initialized yet */
 	PR_STREADY,             /* proxy has been initialized and is ready */
-	PR_STFULL,              /* frontend is full (maxconn reached) */
 	PR_STPAUSED,            /* frontend is paused (during hot restart) */
 	PR_STSTOPPED,           /* proxy is stopped (end of a restart) */
 	PR_STERROR,             /* proxy experienced an unrecoverable error */
diff --git a/src/proxy.c b/src/proxy.c
index a901f53ad..d3c207e71 100644
--- a/src/proxy.c
+++ b/src/proxy.c
@@ -1118,15 +1118,8 @@ struct task *manage_proxy(struct task *t, void *context, unsigned short state)
 		goto out;
 
 	/* check the various reasons we may find to block the frontend */
-	if (unlikely(p->feconn >= p->maxconn)) {
-		if (p->state == PR_STREADY)
-			p->state = PR_STFULL;
+	if (unlikely(p->feconn >= p->maxconn))
 		goto out;
-	}
-
-	/* OK we have no reason to block, so let's unblock if we were blocking */
-	if (p->state == PR_STFULL)
-		p->state = PR_STREADY;
 
 	if (p->fe_sps_lim &&
 	    (wait = next_event_delay(&p->fe_sess_per_sec, p->fe_sps_lim, 0))) {
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 8752788ba..132011d27 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ int stats_fill_fe_stats(struct proxy *px, struct field *stats, int len)
 	stats[ST_F_EREQ]     = mkf_u64(FN_COUNTER, px->fe_counters.failed_req);
 	stats[ST_F_DCON]     = mkf_u64(FN_COUNTER, px->fe_counters.denied_conn);
 	stats[ST_F_DSES]     = mkf_u64(FN_COUNTER, px->fe_counters.denied_sess);
-	stats[ST_F_STATUS]   = mkf_str(FO_STATUS, px->state == PR_STREADY ? "OPEN" : px->state == PR_STFULL ? "FULL" : "STOP");
+	stats[ST_F_STATUS]   = mkf_str(FO_STATUS, px->state == PR_STREADY ? "OPEN" : "STOP");
 	stats[ST_F_PID]      = mkf_u32(FO_KEY, relative_pid);
 	stats[ST_F_IID]      = mkf_u32(FO_KEY|FS_SERVICE, px->uuid);
 	stats[ST_F_SID]      = mkf_u32(FO_KEY|FS_SERVICE, 0);