diff --git a/parser/parse_retry_after.c b/parser/parse_retry_after.c
index a467cf246ea..59e52d711dc 100644
--- a/parser/parse_retry_after.c
+++ b/parser/parse_retry_after.c
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ char* parse_retry_after(char* const buf, const char* const end, unsigned* const
 	/* find the end of header */
 	for (; t<end; t++){
 		if (*t=='\n'){
-			if (((t+1)<end) && (*(t+1)=='\r'))
-				t++;
 			if (((t+1)<end) && (*(t+1)==' ' || *(t+1)=='\t')){
 				t++;
 				continue; /* line folding ... */