diff --git a/addons/promex/service-prometheus.c b/addons/promex/service-prometheus.c
index e4cc469ee..bc88a7b09 100644
--- a/addons/promex/service-prometheus.c
+++ b/addons/promex/service-prometheus.c
@@ -1591,7 +1591,6 @@ static void promex_appctx_handle_io(struct appctx *appctx)
 				channel_add_input(res, 1);
 			}
 		        res_htx->flags |= HTX_FL_EOM;
-			res->flags |= CF_EOI;
 			se_fl_set(appctx->sedesc, SE_FL_EOI);
 			appctx->st0 = PROMEX_ST_END;
 			__fallthrough;
diff --git a/src/cache.c b/src/cache.c
index ae57ce544..36ecf185a 100644
--- a/src/cache.c
+++ b/src/cache.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,6 @@ static void http_cache_io_handler(struct appctx *appctx)
 	if (appctx->st0 == HTX_CACHE_EOM) {
 		 /* no more data are expected. */
 		res_htx->flags |= HTX_FL_EOM;
-		res->flags |= CF_EOI;
 		se_fl_set(appctx->sedesc, SE_FL_EOI);
 		appctx->st0 = HTX_CACHE_END;
 	}
diff --git a/src/hlua.c b/src/hlua.c
index cc8624c50..8cafff8b9 100644
--- a/src/hlua.c
+++ b/src/hlua.c
@@ -9713,7 +9713,6 @@ void hlua_applet_http_fct(struct appctx *ctx)
 		}
 
 		res_htx->flags |= HTX_FL_EOM;
-		res->flags |= CF_EOI;
 		se_fl_set(ctx->sedesc, SE_FL_EOI);
 		strm->txn->status = http_ctx->status;
 		http_ctx->flags |= APPLET_RSP_SENT;
diff --git a/src/http_client.c b/src/http_client.c
index c146bd27e..40d5ab6c8 100644
--- a/src/http_client.c
+++ b/src/http_client.c
@@ -787,7 +787,6 @@ static void httpclient_applet_io_handler(struct appctx *appctx)
 
 					/* if the request contains the HTX_FL_EOM, we finished the request part. */
 					if (htx->flags & HTX_FL_EOM) {
-						req->flags |= CF_EOI;
 						se_fl_set(appctx->sedesc, SE_FL_EOI);
 						appctx->st0 = HTTPCLIENT_S_RES_STLINE;
 					}
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
index 3e1b90b1f..2bc471c6e 100644
--- a/src/stats.c
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -4500,7 +4500,6 @@ static void http_stats_io_handler(struct appctx *appctx)
 			channel_add_input(res, 1);
 		}
 		res_htx->flags |= HTX_FL_EOM;
-		res->flags |= CF_EOI;
 		se_fl_set(appctx->sedesc, SE_FL_EOI);
 		appctx->st0 = STAT_HTTP_END;
 	}