diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 09f5b04eaf..7b3c51c4cf 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -1856,19 +1856,8 @@ func writeBodyFixedSize(w *bufio.Writer, r io.Reader, size int64) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Unwrap a single limited reader for triggering sendfile path
-	// in net.TCPConn.ReadFrom.
-	lr, ok := r.(*io.LimitedReader)
-	if ok {
-		r = lr.R
-	}
-
 	n, err := copyZeroAlloc(w, r)
 
-	if ok {
-		lr.N -= n
-	}
-
 	if n != size && err == nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("copied %d bytes from body stream instead of %d bytes", n, size)
 	}