diff --git a/src/mux_h2.c b/src/mux_h2.c
index 5bb851819..ab781ddeb 100644
--- a/src/mux_h2.c
+++ b/src/mux_h2.c
@@ -5453,7 +5453,6 @@ static void h2_stop_senders(struct h2c *h2c)
 static size_t h2_snd_buf(struct conn_stream *cs, struct buffer *buf, size_t count, int flags)
 {
 	struct h2s *h2s = cs->ctx;
-	size_t orig_count = count;
 	size_t total = 0;
 	size_t ret;
 	struct htx *htx;
@@ -5639,14 +5638,6 @@ static size_t h2_snd_buf(struct conn_stream *cs, struct buffer *buf, size_t coun
 	    (h2s->flags & H2_SF_BLK_MBUSY))
 		h2_stop_senders(h2s->h2c);
 
-	/* If we're running HTX, and we read the whole buffer, then pretend
-	 * we read exactly what the caller specified, as with HTX the caller
-	 * will always give the buffer size, instead of the amount of data
-	 * available.
-	 */
-	if (htx && !b_data(buf))
-		total = orig_count;
-
 	if (total > 0) {
 		if (!(h2s->h2c->wait_event.events & SUB_RETRY_SEND))
 			tasklet_wakeup(h2s->h2c->wait_event.tasklet);