diff --git a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpRequest.cpp b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpRequest.cpp
index a7ff40f932..1490e2efdf 100644
--- a/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpRequest.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/network/libnetapi/HttpRequest.cpp
@@ -584,7 +584,6 @@ BHttpRequest::_MakeRequest()
 
 	while (!fQuit && !(receiveEnd && parseEnd)) {
 		if ((!receiveEnd) && (fInputBuffer.Size() == previousBufferSize)) {
-			fSocket->WaitForReadable();
 			BStackOrHeapArray<char, 4096> chunk(kHttpBufferSize);
 			bytesRead = fSocket->Read(chunk, kHttpBufferSize);