diff --git a/test/functional/swift_test_client.py b/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
index bf101ed..47e023e 100644
--- a/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
+++ b/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ class Connection(object):
             self.connection.send('0\r\n\r\n')
 
         self.response = self.connection.getresponse()
-        self.response.read()
         self.connection.close()
         return self.response.status