diff --git a/jetty-proxy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/proxy/AsyncProxyServlet.java b/jetty-proxy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/proxy/AsyncProxyServlet.java
index 084d66d1a3c..b927ea62a79 100644
--- a/jetty-proxy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/proxy/AsyncProxyServlet.java
+++ b/jetty-proxy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/proxy/AsyncProxyServlet.java
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ public class AsyncProxyServlet extends ProxyServlet
                 {
                     if (_log.isDebugEnabled())
                         _log.debug("{} asynchronous read complete on {}", requestId, input);
-                    provider.close(); // TODO the need for this suggests that onAllDataRead is not always being called!
                     return Action.SUCCEEDED;
                 }
             }