--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_core_find_location(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_array_t *locations, ngx_uint_t regex_start, size_t len);
-static ngx_int_t ngx_http_core_send_continue(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_core_preconfiguration(ngx_conf_t *cf);
 static void *ngx_http_core_create_main_conf(ngx_conf_t *cf);
@@ -786,7 +785,7 @@ ngx_http_core_find_config_phase(ngx_http
 {
     u_char                    *p;
     size_t                     len;
-    ngx_int_t                  rc, expect;
+    ngx_int_t                  rc;
     ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t  *clcf;
     ngx_http_core_srv_conf_t  *cscf;
 
@@ -833,15 +832,6 @@ ngx_http_core_find_config_phase(ngx_http
         return NGX_OK;
     }
 
-    if (r->headers_in.expect) {
-        expect = ngx_http_core_send_continue(r);
-
-        if (expect != NGX_OK) {
-            ngx_http_finalize_request(r, expect);
-            return NGX_OK;
-        }
-    }
-
     if (rc == NGX_HTTP_LOCATION_AUTO_REDIRECT) {
         r->headers_out.location = ngx_list_push(&r->headers_out.headers);
         if (r->headers_out.location == NULL) {
@@ -1261,45 +1251,6 @@ ngx_http_core_find_location(ngx_http_req
 }
 
 
-static ngx_int_t
-ngx_http_core_send_continue(ngx_http_request_t *r)
-{
-    ngx_int_t   n;
-    ngx_str_t  *expect;
-
-    if (r->expect_tested) {
-        return NGX_OK;
-    }
-
-    r->expect_tested = 1;
-
-    expect = &r->headers_in.expect->value;
-
-    if (expect->len != sizeof("100-continue") - 1
-        || ngx_strncasecmp(expect->data, (u_char *) "100-continue",
-                           sizeof("100-continue") - 1)
-           != 0)
-    {
-        return NGX_OK;
-    }
-
-    ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
-                   "send 100 Continue");
-
-    n = r->connection->send(r->connection,
-                            (u_char *) "HTTP/1.1 100 Continue" CRLF CRLF,
-                            sizeof("HTTP/1.1 100 Continue" CRLF CRLF) - 1);
-
-    if (n == sizeof("HTTP/1.1 100 Continue" CRLF CRLF) - 1) {
-        return NGX_OK;
-    }
-
-    /* we assume that such small packet should be send successfully */
-
-    return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
-}
-
-
 ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_set_content_type(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 {
@@ -1861,6 +1812,7 @@ ngx_http_subrequest(ngx_http_request_t *
     sr->fast_subrequest = 1;
 
     sr->discard_body = r->discard_body;
+    sr->expect_tested = 1;
     sr->main_filter_need_in_memory = r->main_filter_need_in_memory;
 
     sr->uri_changes = NGX_HTTP_MAX_URI_CHANGES + 1;