diff --git a/src/http_pool.nim b/src/http_pool.nim
index 9fb8457..1c46225 100644
--- a/src/http_pool.nim
+++ b/src/http_pool.nim
@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ type
 
 var maxConns {.threadvar.}: int
 
-let keepAlive* = newHttpHeaders({
-  "connection": "Keep-Alive",
-  "accept-encoding": "gzip"
-})
-
 proc setMaxHttpConns*(n: int) =
   maxConns = n