3 files changed, 19 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index ab4279a1ca..b39921636a 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -1837,8 +1837,6 @@ static int http_request(const char *url,
 	strbuf_addstr(&buf, "Pragma:");
 	if (options && options->no_cache)
 		strbuf_addstr(&buf, " no-cache");
-	if (options && options->keep_error)
-		curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 0);
 	if (options && options->initial_request &&
 	    http_follow_config == HTTP_FOLLOW_INITIAL)
 		curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
@@ -1856,6 +1854,7 @@ static int http_request(const char *url,
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_URL, url);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);
 	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "");
+	curl_easy_setopt(slot->curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 0);
 
 	ret = run_one_slot(slot, &results);
 
@@ -1950,29 +1949,26 @@ static int http_request_reauth(const char *url,
 		return ret;
 
 	/*
-	 * If we are using KEEP_ERROR, the previous request may have
-	 * put cruft into our output stream; we should clear it out before
-	 * making our next request.
+	 * The previous request may have put cruft into our output stream; we
+	 * should clear it out before making our next request.
 	 */
-	if (options && options->keep_error) {
-		switch (target) {
-		case HTTP_REQUEST_STRBUF:
-			strbuf_reset(result);
-			break;
-		case HTTP_REQUEST_FILE:
-			if (fflush(result)) {
-				error_errno("unable to flush a file");
-				return HTTP_START_FAILED;
-			}
-			rewind(result);
-			if (ftruncate(fileno(result), 0) < 0) {
-				error_errno("unable to truncate a file");
-				return HTTP_START_FAILED;
-			}
-			break;
-		default:
-			BUG("Unknown http_request target");
+	switch (target) {
+	case HTTP_REQUEST_STRBUF:
+		strbuf_reset(result);
+		break;
+	case HTTP_REQUEST_FILE:
+		if (fflush(result)) {
+			error_errno("unable to flush a file");
+			return HTTP_START_FAILED;
+		}
+		rewind(result);
+		if (ftruncate(fileno(result), 0) < 0) {
+			error_errno("unable to truncate a file");
+			return HTTP_START_FAILED;
 		}
+		break;
+	default:
+		BUG("Unknown http_request target");
 	}
 
 	credential_fill(&http_auth);
diff --git a/http.h b/http.h
index d305ca1dc7..eebf40688c 100644
--- a/http.h
+++ b/http.h
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ extern char *get_remote_object_url(const char *url, const char *hex,
 /* Options for http_get_*() */
 struct http_get_options {
 	unsigned no_cache:1,
-		 keep_error:1,
 		 initial_request:1;
 
 	/* If non-NULL, returns the content-type of the response. */
diff --git a/remote-curl.c b/remote-curl.c
index 1220dffcdc..d8eda2380a 100644
--- a/remote-curl.c
+++ b/remote-curl.c
@@ -380,7 +380,6 @@ static struct discovery *discover_refs(const char *service, int for_push)
 	http_options.extra_headers = &extra_headers;
 	http_options.initial_request = 1;
 	http_options.no_cache = 1;
-	http_options.keep_error = 1;
 
 	http_ret = http_get_strbuf(refs_url.buf, &buffer, &http_options);
 	switch (http_ret) {