diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConfiguration.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConfiguration.java
index a6a19ff5d477..7af7ba11e6e8 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConfiguration.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConfiguration.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.CookieCompliance;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpCompliance;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpScheme;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Jetty;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ public class HttpConfiguration
     private boolean _useDirectByteBuffers = false;
     private long _minRequestDataRate;
     private long _minResponseDataRate;
+    private HttpCompliance _httpCompliance = HttpCompliance.RFC7230;
     private CookieCompliance _cookieCompliance = CookieCompliance.RFC6265;
     private MultiPartFormDataCompliance _multiPartCompliance = MultiPartFormDataCompliance.RFC7578;
     private boolean _notifyRemoteAsyncErrors = true;
@@ -547,6 +549,16 @@ public void setMinResponseDataRate(long bytesPerSecond)
         _minResponseDataRate = bytesPerSecond;
     }
 
+    public HttpCompliance getHttpCompliance()
+    {
+        return _httpCompliance;
+    }
+
+    public void setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance _httpCompliance)
+    {
+        this._httpCompliance = _httpCompliance;
+    }
+
     public CookieCompliance getCookieCompliance()
     {
         return _cookieCompliance;
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnectionFactory.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnectionFactory.java
index 6459b0394d1a..708a51556416 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnectionFactory.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 public class HttpConnectionFactory extends AbstractConnectionFactory implements HttpConfiguration.ConnectionFactory
 {
     private final HttpConfiguration _config;
-    private HttpCompliance _httpCompliance;
     private boolean _recordHttpComplianceViolations = false;
 
     public HttpConnectionFactory()
@@ -41,15 +40,9 @@ public HttpConnectionFactory()
     }
     
     public HttpConnectionFactory(@Name("config") HttpConfiguration config)
-    {
-        this(config,null);
-    }
-
-    public HttpConnectionFactory(@Name("config") HttpConfiguration config, @Name("compliance") HttpCompliance compliance)
     {
         super(HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1.asString());
         _config=config;
-        _httpCompliance=compliance==null?HttpCompliance.RFC7230:compliance;
         if (config==null)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Null HttpConfiguration");
         addBean(_config);
@@ -63,7 +56,7 @@ public HttpConfiguration getHttpConfiguration()
 
     public HttpCompliance getHttpCompliance()
     {
-        return _httpCompliance;
+        return _config.getHttpCompliance();
     }
 
     public boolean isRecordHttpComplianceViolations()
@@ -71,18 +64,10 @@ public boolean isRecordHttpComplianceViolations()
         return _recordHttpComplianceViolations;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param httpCompliance String value of {@link HttpCompliance}
-     */
-    public void setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance httpCompliance)
-    {
-        _httpCompliance = httpCompliance;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Connection newConnection(Connector connector, EndPoint endPoint)
     {
-        HttpConnection conn = new HttpConnection(_config, connector, endPoint, _httpCompliance,isRecordHttpComplianceViolations());
+        HttpConnection conn = new HttpConnection(_config, connector, endPoint, getHttpCompliance(), isRecordHttpComplianceViolations());
         return configure(conn, connector, endPoint);
     }
     
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnectionTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnectionTest.java
index 811b22a80938..d29567e3c7c6 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnectionTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/HttpConnectionTest.java
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ public void testFragmentedChunk() throws Exception
     @Test
     public void testHttp09_NoVersion() throws Exception
     {
-        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC2616);
+        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC2616);
         String request = "GET / HTTP/0.9\r\n\r\n";
         String response = connector.getResponse(request);
         assertThat(response, containsString("400 Bad Version"));
 
-        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC7230);
+        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC7230);
         request = "GET / HTTP/0.9\r\n\r\n";
         response = connector.getResponse(request);
         assertThat(response, containsString("400 Bad Version"));
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public void testHttp09_NoVersion() throws Exception
     @Test
     public void testHttp09_NoHeaders() throws Exception
     {
-        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC2616);
+        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC2616);
         // header looking like another request is ignored
         String request = "GET /one\r\nGET :/two\r\n\r\n";
         String response = BufferUtil.toString(connector.executeRequest(request).waitForOutput(10,TimeUnit.SECONDS));
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public void testHttp09_NoHeaders() throws Exception
     @Test
     public void testHttp09_MultipleRequests() throws Exception
     {
-        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC2616);
+        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC2616);
 
         // Verify that pipelining does not work with HTTP/0.9.
         String requests = "GET /?id=123\r\n\r\nGET /?id=456\r\n\r\n";
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ public void testEncodedBadDotDotPath() throws Exception
     @Test
     public void test_0_9() throws Exception
     {
-        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC2616_LEGACY);
+        connector.getConnectionFactory(HttpConnectionFactory.class).getHttpConfiguration().setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC2616_LEGACY);
         LocalEndPoint endp = connector.executeRequest("GET /R1\n");
         endp.waitUntilClosed();
         String response=BufferUtil.toString(endp.takeOutput());
diff --git a/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ComplianceViolations2616Test.java b/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ComplianceViolations2616Test.java
index f9b8d4303103..e3ee9ecc916b 100644
--- a/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ComplianceViolations2616Test.java
+++ b/jetty-servlet/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/servlet/ComplianceViolations2616Test.java
@@ -109,8 +109,9 @@ public static void startServer() throws Exception
 
         HttpConfiguration config = new HttpConfiguration();
         config.setSendServerVersion(false);
+        config.setHttpCompliance(HttpCompliance.RFC2616_LEGACY);
 
-        HttpConnectionFactory httpConnectionFactory = new HttpConnectionFactory(config, HttpCompliance.RFC2616_LEGACY);
+        HttpConnectionFactory httpConnectionFactory = new HttpConnectionFactory(config);
         httpConnectionFactory.setRecordHttpComplianceViolations(true);
         connector = new LocalConnector(server, null, null, null, -1, httpConnectionFactory);