diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index 557fa90b6107f5..bc86350bfc16b0 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ function OutgoingMessage() {
   this._header = null;
   this[kOutHeaders] = null;
 
-  this._maxRequestsPerSocket = null;
   this._keepAliveTimeout = 0;
 
   this._onPendingData = nop;
@@ -453,23 +452,9 @@ function _storeHeader(firstLine, headers) {
       header += 'Connection: close' + CRLF;
     } else if (shouldSendKeepAlive) {
       header += 'Connection: keep-alive' + CRLF;
-
-      if (this._defaultKeepAlive) {
-        let keepAliveParameters = '';
-
-        if (this._keepAliveTimeout) {
-          const timeoutSeconds = MathFloor(this._keepAliveTimeout / 1000);
-          keepAliveParameters += `timeout=${timeoutSeconds}`;
-        }
-
-        if (this._maxRequestsPerSocket) {
-          if (keepAliveParameters.length > 0) keepAliveParameters += ', ';
-          keepAliveParameters += `max=${this._maxRequestsPerSocket}`;
-        }
-
-        if (keepAliveParameters.length > 0) {
-          header += `Keep-Alive: ${keepAliveParameters}${CRLF}`;
-        }
+      if (this._keepAliveTimeout && this._defaultKeepAlive) {
+        const timeoutSeconds = MathFloor(this._keepAliveTimeout / 1000);
+        header += `Keep-Alive: timeout=${timeoutSeconds}${CRLF}`;
       }
     } else {
       this._last = true;
diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index bdb608e45d72ee..1d6f3289e789b7 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -878,7 +878,6 @@ function parserOnIncoming(server, socket, state, req, keepAlive) {
 
   const res = new server[kServerResponse](req);
   res._keepAliveTimeout = server.keepAliveTimeout;
-  res._maxRequestsPerSocket = server.maxRequestsPerSocket;
   res._onPendingData = updateOutgoingData.bind(undefined,
                                                socket, state);
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-keep-alive-max-requests.js b/test/parallel/test-http-keep-alive-max-requests.js
index d1fbc6a7fd0842..657b59ae6d9369 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-keep-alive-max-requests.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-keep-alive-max-requests.js
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ const bodySent = 'This is my request';
 function assertResponse(headers, body, expectClosed) {
   if (expectClosed) {
     assert.match(headers, /Connection: close\r\n/m);
-    assert.strictEqual(headers.search(/Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=3\r\n/m), -1);
+    assert.strictEqual(headers.search(/Keep-Alive: timeout=5\r\n/m), -1);
     assert.match(body, /Hello World!/m);
   } else {
     assert.match(headers, /Connection: keep-alive\r\n/m);
-    assert.match(headers, /Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=3\r\n/m);
+    assert.match(headers, /Keep-Alive: timeout=5\r\n/m);
     assert.match(body, /Hello World!/m);
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-keep-alive-pipeline-max-requests.js b/test/parallel/test-http-keep-alive-pipeline-max-requests.js
index 0de00b7a04910b..9c5d46a57ce197 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-keep-alive-pipeline-max-requests.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-keep-alive-pipeline-max-requests.js
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ const bodySent = 'This is my request';
 function assertResponse(headers, body, expectClosed) {
   if (expectClosed) {
     assert.match(headers, /Connection: close\r\n/m);
-    assert.strictEqual(headers.search(/Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=3\r\n/m), -1);
+    assert.strictEqual(headers.search(/Keep-Alive: timeout=5\r\n/m), -1);
     assert.match(body, /Hello World!/m);
   } else {
     assert.match(headers, /Connection: keep-alive\r\n/m);
-    assert.match(headers, /Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=3\r\n/m);
+    assert.match(headers, /Keep-Alive: timeout=5\r\n/m);
     assert.match(body, /Hello World!/m);
   }
 }
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ server.listen(0, common.mustCall((res) => {
 
       assert.match(responseParts[6], /HTTP\/1\.1 503 Service Unavailable/m);
       assert.match(responseParts[6], /Connection: close\r\n/m);
-      assert.strictEqual(responseParts[6].search(/Keep-Alive: timeout=5, max=3\r\n/m), -1);
+      assert.strictEqual(responseParts[6].search(/Keep-Alive: timeout=5\r\n/m), -1);
       assert.strictEqual(responseParts[7].search(/Hello World!/m), -1);
 
       socket.end();