diff --git a/proxy.c b/proxy.c
index 97ea42d9..97390f9c 100644
--- a/proxy.c
+++ b/proxy.c
@@ -71,25 +71,6 @@ static void reload_proxy (void) {
         exit (UWSGI_RELOAD_CODE);
 }
 
-static void send_http_service_unavailable(int fd) {
-
-	if (write(fd, "HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable\r\n", 34) != 34) {
-		perror("write()");
-		return ;
-	}
-
-	if (write(fd, "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n", 27) != 27) {
-		perror("write()");
-		return ;
-	}
-
-	if (write(fd, "<h1>Service Unavailable</h1>", 28) != 28) {
-		perror("write()");
-		return ;
-	}
-	
-}
-
 static void uwsgi_proxy_close(struct uwsgi_proxy_connection *upcs, int fd) {
 
 	
@@ -307,7 +288,6 @@ void uwsgi_proxy(int proxyfd) {
 					next_node = uwsgi_proxy_find_next_node(next_node);
 					if (next_node == -1) {
 						fprintf(stderr,"unable to find an available worker in the cluster !\n");
-						send_http_service_unavailable(NEV_FD);
 						uwsgi_proxy_close(upcs, NEV_FD);
 						continue;
 					}