diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index 047e270..8e89952 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -76,181 +76,6 @@
 #include <proto/pattern.h>
 #include <proto/vars.h>
 
-const char HTTP_100[] =
-	"HTTP/1.1 100 Continue\r\n\r\n";
-
-const struct buffer http_100_chunk = {
-	.area = (char *)&HTTP_100,
-	.data = sizeof(HTTP_100)-1
-};
-
-/* Warning: no "connection" header is provided with the 3xx messages below */
-const char *HTTP_301 =
-	"HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently\r\n"
-	"Content-length: 0\r\n"
-	"Location: "; /* not terminated since it will be concatenated with the URL */
-
-const char *HTTP_302 =
-	"HTTP/1.1 302 Found\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Content-length: 0\r\n"
-	"Location: "; /* not terminated since it will be concatenated with the URL */
-
-/* same as 302 except that the browser MUST retry with the GET method */
-const char *HTTP_303 =
-	"HTTP/1.1 303 See Other\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Content-length: 0\r\n"
-	"Location: "; /* not terminated since it will be concatenated with the URL */
-
-
-/* same as 302 except that the browser MUST retry with the same method */
-const char *HTTP_307 =
-	"HTTP/1.1 307 Temporary Redirect\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Content-length: 0\r\n"
-	"Location: "; /* not terminated since it will be concatenated with the URL */
-
-/* same as 301 except that the browser MUST retry with the same method */
-const char *HTTP_308 =
-	"HTTP/1.1 308 Permanent Redirect\r\n"
-	"Content-length: 0\r\n"
-	"Location: "; /* not terminated since it will be concatenated with the URL */
-
-/* Warning: this one is an sprintf() fmt string, with <realm> as its only argument */
-const char *HTTP_401_fmt =
-	"HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm=\"%s\"\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>401 Unauthorized</h1>\nYou need a valid user and password to access this content.\n</body></html>\n";
-
-const char *HTTP_407_fmt =
-	"HTTP/1.0 407 Unauthorized\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"Proxy-Authenticate: Basic realm=\"%s\"\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>407 Unauthorized</h1>\nYou need a valid user and password to access this content.\n</body></html>\n";
-
-
-const int http_err_codes[HTTP_ERR_SIZE] = {
-	[HTTP_ERR_200] = 200,  /* used by "monitor-uri" */
-	[HTTP_ERR_400] = 400,
-	[HTTP_ERR_403] = 403,
-	[HTTP_ERR_405] = 405,
-	[HTTP_ERR_408] = 408,
-	[HTTP_ERR_421] = 421,
-	[HTTP_ERR_425] = 425,
-	[HTTP_ERR_429] = 429,
-	[HTTP_ERR_500] = 500,
-	[HTTP_ERR_502] = 502,
-	[HTTP_ERR_503] = 503,
-	[HTTP_ERR_504] = 504,
-};
-
-static const char *http_err_msgs[HTTP_ERR_SIZE] = {
-	[HTTP_ERR_200] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 200 OK\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>200 OK</h1>\nService ready.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_400] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 400 Bad request\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>400 Bad request</h1>\nYour browser sent an invalid request.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_403] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>403 Forbidden</h1>\nRequest forbidden by administrative rules.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_405] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 405 Method Not Allowed\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>405 Method Not Allowed</h1>\nA request was made of a resource using a request method not supported by that resource\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_408] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 408 Request Time-out\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>408 Request Time-out</h1>\nYour browser didn't send a complete request in time.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_421] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 421 Misdirected Request\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>421 Misdirected Request</h1>\nRequest sent to a non-authoritative server.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_425] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 425 Too Early\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>425 Too Early</h1>\nYour browser sent early data.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_429] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 429 Too Many Requests\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>429 Too Many Requests</h1>\nYou have sent too many requests in a given amount of time.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_500] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>500 Internal Server Error</h1>\nAn internal server error occured.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_502] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 502 Bad Gateway\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>502 Bad Gateway</h1>\nThe server returned an invalid or incomplete response.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_503] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 503 Service Unavailable\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>503 Service Unavailable</h1>\nNo server is available to handle this request.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-	[HTTP_ERR_504] =
-	"HTTP/1.0 504 Gateway Time-out\r\n"
-	"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"
-	"Connection: close\r\n"
-	"Content-Type: text/html\r\n"
-	"\r\n"
-	"<html><body><h1>504 Gateway Time-out</h1>\nThe server didn't respond in time.\n</body></html>\n",
-
-};
-
 /* status codes available for the stats admin page (strictly 4 chars length) */
 const char *stat_status_codes[STAT_STATUS_SIZE] = {
 	[STAT_STATUS_DENY] = "DENY",
@@ -273,11 +98,6 @@
        .list = LIST_HEAD_INIT(http_res_keywords.list)
 };
 
-/* We must put the messages here since GCC cannot initialize consts depending
- * on strlen().
- */
-struct buffer http_err_chunks[HTTP_ERR_SIZE];
-
 /* this struct is used between calls to smp_fetch_hdr() or smp_fetch_cookie() */
 static THREAD_LOCAL struct hdr_ctx static_hdr_ctx;
 
@@ -303,129 +123,10 @@
 static inline int http_msg_forward_body(struct stream *s, struct http_msg *msg);
 static inline int http_msg_forward_chunked_body(struct stream *s, struct http_msg *msg);
 
-/* This function returns a reason associated with the HTTP status.
- * This function never fails, a message is always returned.
- */
-const char *get_reason(unsigned int status)
-{
-	switch (status) {
-	case 100: return "Continue";
-	case 101: return "Switching Protocols";
-	case 102: return "Processing";
-	case 200: return "OK";
-	case 201: return "Created";
-	case 202: return "Accepted";
-	case 203: return "Non-Authoritative Information";
-	case 204: return "No Content";
-	case 205: return "Reset Content";
-	case 206: return "Partial Content";
-	case 207: return "Multi-Status";
-	case 210: return "Content Different";
-	case 226: return "IM Used";
-	case 300: return "Multiple Choices";
-	case 301: return "Moved Permanently";
-	case 302: return "Moved Temporarily";
-	case 303: return "See Other";
-	case 304: return "Not Modified";
-	case 305: return "Use Proxy";
-	case 307: return "Temporary Redirect";
-	case 308: return "Permanent Redirect";
-	case 310: return "Too many Redirects";
-	case 400: return "Bad Request";
-	case 401: return "Unauthorized";
-	case 402: return "Payment Required";
-	case 403: return "Forbidden";
-	case 404: return "Not Found";
-	case 405: return "Method Not Allowed";
-	case 406: return "Not Acceptable";
-	case 407: return "Proxy Authentication Required";
-	case 408: return "Request Time-out";
-	case 409: return "Conflict";
-	case 410: return "Gone";
-	case 411: return "Length Required";
-	case 412: return "Precondition Failed";
-	case 413: return "Request Entity Too Large";
-	case 414: return "Request-URI Too Long";
-	case 415: return "Unsupported Media Type";
-	case 416: return "Requested range unsatisfiable";
-	case 417: return "Expectation failed";
-	case 418: return "I'm a teapot";
-	case 421: return "Misdirected Request";
-	case 422: return "Unprocessable entity";
-	case 423: return "Locked";
-	case 424: return "Method failure";
-	case 425: return "Too Early";
-	case 426: return "Upgrade Required";
-	case 428: return "Precondition Required";
-	case 429: return "Too Many Requests";
-	case 431: return "Request Header Fields Too Large";
-	case 449: return "Retry With";
-	case 450: return "Blocked by Windows Parental Controls";
-	case 451: return "Unavailable For Legal Reasons";
-	case 456: return "Unrecoverable Error";
-	case 499: return "client has closed connection";
-	case 500: return "Internal Server Error";
-	case 501: return "Not Implemented";
-	case 502: return "Bad Gateway or Proxy Error";
-	case 503: return "Service Unavailable";
-	case 504: return "Gateway Time-out";
-	case 505: return "HTTP Version not supported";
-	case 506: return "Variant also negociate";
-	case 507: return "Insufficient storage";
-	case 508: return "Loop detected";
-	case 509: return "Bandwidth Limit Exceeded";
-	case 510: return "Not extended";
-	case 511: return "Network authentication required";
-	case 520: return "Web server is returning an unknown error";
-	default:
-		switch (status) {
-		case 100 ... 199: return "Informational";
-		case 200 ... 299: return "Success";
-		case 300 ... 399: return "Redirection";
-		case 400 ... 499: return "Client Error";
-		case 500 ... 599: return "Server Error";
-		default:          return "Other";
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-/* This function returns HTTP_ERR_<num> (enum) matching http status code.
- * Returned value should match codes from http_err_codes.
- */
-static const int http_get_status_idx(unsigned int status)
-{
-	switch (status) {
-	case 200: return HTTP_ERR_200;
-	case 400: return HTTP_ERR_400;
-	case 403: return HTTP_ERR_403;
-	case 405: return HTTP_ERR_405;
-	case 408: return HTTP_ERR_408;
-	case 421: return HTTP_ERR_421;
-	case 425: return HTTP_ERR_425;
-	case 429: return HTTP_ERR_429;
-	case 500: return HTTP_ERR_500;
-	case 502: return HTTP_ERR_502;
-	case 503: return HTTP_ERR_503;
-	case 504: return HTTP_ERR_504;
-	default: return HTTP_ERR_500;
-	}
-}
-
 void init_proto_http()
 {
 	int i;
 	char *tmp;
-	int msg;
-
-	for (msg = 0; msg < HTTP_ERR_SIZE; msg++) {
-		if (!http_err_msgs[msg]) {
-			ha_alert("Internal error: no message defined for HTTP return code %d. Aborting.\n", msg);
-			abort();
-		}
-
-		http_err_chunks[msg].area = (char *)http_err_msgs[msg];
-		http_err_chunks[msg].data = strlen(http_err_msgs[msg]);
-	}
 
 	/* initialize the log header encoding map : '{|}"#' should be encoded with
 	 * '#' as prefix, as well as non-printable characters ( <32 or >= 127 ).
@@ -4004,9 +3705,7 @@
 				/* Expect is allowed in 1.1, look for it */
 				if (http_find_header2("Expect", 6, ci_head(req), &txn->hdr_idx, &ctx) &&
 				    unlikely(ctx.vlen == 12 && strncasecmp(ctx.line+ctx.val, "100-continue", 12) == 0)) {
-					co_inject(&s->res,
-						  http_100_chunk.area,
-						  http_100_chunk.data);
+					co_inject(&s->res, HTTP_100.ptr, HTTP_100.len);
 					http_remove_header2(&txn->req, &txn->hdr_idx, &ctx);
 				}
 			}
@@ -11898,7 +11597,7 @@
 
 	/* Do we have a custom reason format string? */
 	if (msg == NULL)
-		msg = get_reason(status);
+		msg = http_get_reason(status);
 	msg_len = strlen(msg);
 	strncpy(&trash.area[trash.data], msg, trash.size - trash.data);
 	trash.data += msg_len;