--- src/verify.c
+++ src/verify.c
@@ -722,12 +722,6 @@
         sslerror("OCSP: OCSP_sendreq_new");
         goto cleanup;
     }
-    if(!OCSP_REQ_CTX_add1_header(req_ctx, "Host", host)) {
-        sslerror("OCSP: OCSP_REQ_CTX_add1_header");
-        goto cleanup;
-    }
-    if(!OCSP_REQ_CTX_set1_req(req_ctx, req))
-        goto cleanup;
     while(OCSP_sendreq_nbio(&resp, req_ctx)==-1) {
         s_poll_init(c->fds);
         s_poll_add(c->fds, c->fd, BIO_should_read(bio), BIO_should_write(bio));