diff --git a/include/haproxy/stconn-t.h b/include/haproxy/stconn-t.h
index 019533b0b..8baf965ac 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/stconn-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/stconn-t.h
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ struct stconn {
 	/* 2 bytes hole here */
 
 	unsigned int flags;                  /* SC_FL_* */
-	unsigned int hcto;                   /* half-closed timeout (0 = unset) */
 	unsigned int ioto;                   /* I/O activity timeout */
 	struct wait_event wait_event;        /* We're in a wait list */
 	struct sedesc *sedesc;               /* points to the stream endpoint descriptor */
diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index af45c27d2..cf39cb680 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -2830,8 +2830,6 @@ int pcli_wait_for_response(struct stream *s, struct channel *rep, int an_bit)
 		s->req.analyse_exp = TICK_ETERNITY;
 		s->res.analyse_exp = TICK_ETERNITY;
 
-		s->scb->hcto = TICK_ETERNITY;
-
 		/* we're removing the analysers, we MUST re-enable events detection.
 		 * We don't enable close on the response channel since it's either
 		 * already closed, or in keep-alive with an idle connection handler.
diff --git a/src/proxy.c b/src/proxy.c
index a021224d6..404037d80 100644
--- a/src/proxy.c
+++ b/src/proxy.c
@@ -2404,9 +2404,6 @@ int stream_set_backend(struct stream *s, struct proxy *be)
 	if (be->options2 & PR_O2_INDEPSTR)
 		s->scb->flags |= SC_FL_INDEP_STR;
 
-	if (tick_isset(be->timeout.serverfin))
-		s->scb->hcto = be->timeout.serverfin;
-
 	/* We want to enable the backend-specific analysers except those which
 	 * were already run as part of the frontend/listener. Note that it would
 	 * be more reliable to store the list of analysers that have been run,
diff --git a/src/stconn.c b/src/stconn.c
index 6cf4830ce..3c19cfc38 100644
--- a/src/stconn.c
+++ b/src/stconn.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static struct stconn *sc_new(struct sedesc *sedesc)
 	sc->obj_type = OBJ_TYPE_SC;
 	sc->flags = SC_FL_NONE;
 	sc->state = SC_ST_INI;
-	sc->ioto = sc->hcto = TICK_ETERNITY;
+	sc->ioto = TICK_ETERNITY;
 	sc->app = NULL;
 	sc->app_ops = NULL;
 	sc->src = NULL;
diff --git a/src/stream.c b/src/stream.c
index 533c3ee9b..28bb98668 100644
--- a/src/stream.c
+++ b/src/stream.c
@@ -478,12 +478,10 @@ struct stream *stream_new(struct session *sess, struct stconn *sc, struct buffer
 		goto out_fail_alloc_scb;
 
 	sc_set_state(s->scf, SC_ST_EST);
-	s->scf->hcto = sess->fe->timeout.clientfin;
 
 	if (likely(sess->fe->options2 & PR_O2_INDEPSTR))
 		s->scf->flags |= SC_FL_INDEP_STR;
 
-	s->scb->hcto = TICK_ETERNITY;
 	if (likely(sess->fe->options2 & PR_O2_INDEPSTR))
 		s->scb->flags |= SC_FL_INDEP_STR;