diff --git a/lib/caronte.js b/lib/caronte.js
index ed0280cfa..337fac94d 100644
--- a/lib/caronte.js
+++ b/lib/caronte.js
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@ proxy.createProxyServer = function createProxyServer(options) {
       " {                                                        ",
       "   target : <url string to be parsed with the url module> ",
       "   forward: <url string to be parsed with the url module> ",
-      "   agent  : <object to be passed to http(s).request(...)> ",
+      "   agent  : <object to be passed to http(s).request> ",
       "   ssl    : <object to be passed to https.createServer()> ",
       "   ws     : <true/false, if you want to proxy websockets> ",
       "   xfwd   : <true/false, adds x-forward headers>          ",
-      "   maxSock: <maximum number of sockets>                   ",
-      "   agent  : <http agent for pooled connections>           ",
       " }                                                        ",
       "                                                          ",
       "NOTE: `options.ws` and `options.ssl` are optional.        ",
diff --git a/lib/caronte/common.js b/lib/caronte/common.js
index 47ada1b6a..e84f36ca5 100644
--- a/lib/caronte/common.js
+++ b/lib/caronte/common.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-var   common = exports
-    , http = require('http')
-    , https = require('https')
-    , extend = require('util')._extend
-    ;
+var common = exports,
+    extend = require('util')._extend;
 
 /**
  * Copies the right headers from `options` and `req` to 
@@ -28,7 +25,7 @@ common.setupOutgoing = function(outgoing, options, req, forward) {
   outgoing.port = options[forward || 'target'].port || 
                   (~['https:', 'wss:'].indexOf(options[forward || 'target'].protocol) ? 443 : 80);
  
-  ['host', 'hostname', 'socketPath', 'agent'].forEach(
+  ['host', 'hostname', 'socketPath'].forEach(
     function(e) { outgoing[e] = options[forward || 'target'][e]; }
   );
 
@@ -39,16 +36,8 @@ common.setupOutgoing = function(outgoing, options, req, forward) {
   if (options.headers){
     extend(outgoing.headers, options.headers);
   }
-
-  if (options.agent){
-    outgoing.agent = options.agent;
-  }
-
-  if (!outgoing.agent){
-    var Agent = (~['https:', 'wss:'].indexOf(options[forward || 'target'].protocol) ? https.Agent : http.Agent);
-    outgoing.agent = new Agent(options.maxSock || 100);  
-  }
-
+  
+  outgoing.agent = options.agent || false;
   outgoing.path = req.url;
 
   return outgoing;