diff --git a/src/wps/httpread.c b/src/wps/httpread.c
index d6c2b62ae..7a2ba50a9 100644
--- a/src/wps/httpread.c
+++ b/src/wps/httpread.c
@@ -278,8 +278,6 @@ static int httpread_hdr_analyze(struct httpread *h)
 			}
 		}
 		*uri = 0;       /* null terminate */
-		while (isgraph(*hbp))
-			hbp++;
 		while (*hbp == ' ' || *hbp == '\t')
 			hbp++;
 		/* get version */