diff --git a/http/http_request.c b/http/http_request.c
index c8d7dfb..2ea2e03 100644
--- a/http/http_request.c
+++ b/http/http_request.c
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ sw http_request_buf_write (s_http_request *req, s_buf *buf)
if ((r = buf_write_str(buf, method)) < 0)
return r;
result += r;
- str_clean(&str);
if ((r = buf_write_1(buf, " ")) <= 0)
return r;
result += r;