diff --git a/contrib/debug/flags.c b/contrib/debug/flags.c
index 08ca054..585dea6 100644
--- a/contrib/debug/flags.c
+++ b/contrib/debug/flags.c
@@ -139,9 +139,7 @@
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CO_FL_WILL_UPDATE);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CO_FL_XPRT_READY);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CO_FL_CTRL_READY);
-	SHOW_FLAG(f, CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CO_FL_XPRT_WR_ENA);
-	SHOW_FLAG(f, CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, CO_FL_XPRT_RD_ENA);
 
 	if (f) {
diff --git a/include/proto/connection.h b/include/proto/connection.h
index cd6e62d..dd37822 100644
--- a/include/proto/connection.h
+++ b/include/proto/connection.h
@@ -161,55 +161,12 @@
 }
 
 /* Update polling on connection <c>'s file descriptor depending on its current
- * state as reported in the connection's CO_FL_CURR_* flags, reports of EAGAIN
- * in CO_FL_WAIT_*, and the upper layer expectations indicated by CO_FL_XPRT_*.
- * The connection flags are updated with the new flags at the end of the
- * operation. Polling is totally disabled if an error was reported.
+ * state as reported in the connection's CO_FL_XPRT_* flags. The connection
+ * flags are updated with the new flags at the end of the operation. Polling
+ * is totally disabled if an error was reported.
  */
 void conn_update_xprt_polling(struct connection *c);
 
-/* Refresh the connection's polling flags from its file descriptor status.
- * This should be called at the beginning of a connection handler. It does
- * nothing if CO_FL_WILL_UPDATE is present, indicating that an upper caller
- * has already done it.
- */
-static inline void conn_refresh_polling_flags(struct connection *conn)
-{
-	if (conn_ctrl_ready(conn) && !(conn->flags & CO_FL_WILL_UPDATE)) {
-		unsigned int flags = conn->flags;
-
-		flags &= ~(CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA | CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA);
-		if (fd_recv_active(conn->handle.fd))
-			flags |= CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA;
-		if (fd_send_active(conn->handle.fd))
-			flags |= CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA;
-		conn->flags = flags;
-	}
-}
-
-/* inspects c->flags and returns non-zero if XPRT ENA changes from the CURR ENA
- * or if the WAIT flags are set with their respective ENA flags. Additionally,
- * non-zero is also returned if an error was reported on the connection. This
- * function is used quite often and is inlined. In order to proceed optimally
- * with very little code and CPU cycles, the bits are arranged so that a change
- * can be detected by a few left shifts, a xor, and a mask. These operations
- * detect when W&D are both enabled for either direction, when C&D differ for
- * either direction and when Error is set. The trick consists in first keeping
- * only the bits we're interested in, since they don't collide when shifted,
- * and to perform the AND at the end. In practice, the compiler is able to
- * replace the last AND with a TEST in boolean conditions. This results in
- * checks that are done in 4-6 cycles and less than 30 bytes.
- */
-static inline unsigned int conn_xprt_polling_changes(const struct connection *c)
-{
-	unsigned int f = c->flags;
-	f &= CO_FL_XPRT_WR_ENA | CO_FL_XPRT_RD_ENA | CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA |
-	     CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA | CO_FL_ERROR;
-
-	f = (f ^ (f << 1)) & (CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA|CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA);    /* test C ^ D */
-	return f & (CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA | CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA | CO_FL_ERROR);
-}
-
 /* Automatically updates polling on connection <c> depending on the XPRT flags.
  * It does nothing if CO_FL_WILL_UPDATE is present, indicating that an upper
  * caller is going to do it again later.
@@ -217,8 +174,7 @@
 static inline void conn_cond_update_xprt_polling(struct connection *c)
 {
 	if (!(c->flags & CO_FL_WILL_UPDATE))
-		if (conn_xprt_polling_changes(c))
-			conn_update_xprt_polling(c);
+		conn_update_xprt_polling(c);
 }
 
 /* Stop all polling on the fd. This might be used when an error is encountered
@@ -228,8 +184,7 @@
  */
 static inline void conn_stop_polling(struct connection *c)
 {
-	c->flags &= ~(CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA | CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA |
-		      CO_FL_XPRT_RD_ENA | CO_FL_XPRT_WR_ENA);
+	c->flags &= ~(CO_FL_XPRT_RD_ENA | CO_FL_XPRT_WR_ENA);
 	if (!(c->flags & CO_FL_WILL_UPDATE) && conn_ctrl_ready(c))
 		fd_stop_both(c->handle.fd);
 }
@@ -245,10 +200,8 @@
 {
 	if (unlikely(c->flags & CO_FL_ERROR))
 		conn_stop_polling(c);
-	else if (!(c->flags & CO_FL_WILL_UPDATE)) {
-		if (conn_xprt_polling_changes(c))
-			conn_update_xprt_polling(c);
-	}
+	else if (!(c->flags & CO_FL_WILL_UPDATE))
+		conn_update_xprt_polling(c);
 }
 
 /***** Event manipulation primitives for use by DATA I/O callbacks *****/
@@ -333,7 +286,6 @@
 static inline void conn_sock_shutw(struct connection *c, int clean)
 {
 	c->flags |= CO_FL_SOCK_WR_SH;
-	conn_refresh_polling_flags(c);
 	__conn_xprt_stop_send(c);
 	conn_cond_update_xprt_polling(c);
 
diff --git a/include/types/connection.h b/include/types/connection.h
index 3f9fb3c..d5852aa 100644
--- a/include/types/connection.h
+++ b/include/types/connection.h
@@ -118,17 +118,16 @@
 	CS_SHW_SILENT       = 1,           /* imminent close, don't notify peer */
 };
 
-/* For each direction, we have a CO_FL_{SOCK,DATA}_<DIR>_ENA flag, which
+/* For each direction, we have a CO_FL_XPRT_<DIR>_ENA flag, which
  * indicates if read or write is desired in that direction for the respective
  * layers. The current status corresponding to the current layer being used is
- * remembered in the CO_FL_CURR_<DIR>_ENA flag. The need to poll (ie receipt of
+ * remembered in the CO_FL_XPRT_<DIR>_ENA flag. The need to poll (ie receipt of
  * EAGAIN) is remembered at the file descriptor level so that even when the
  * activity is stopped and restarted, we still remember whether it was needed
  * to poll before attempting the I/O.
  *
- * The CO_FL_CURR_<DIR>_ENA flag is set from the FD status in
- * conn_refresh_polling_flags(). The FD state is updated according to these
- * flags in conn_cond_update_polling().
+ * The FD state is updated according to CO_FL_XPRT_<DIR>_ENA in
+ * conn_cond_update_polling().
  */
 
 /* flags for use in connection->flags */
@@ -136,15 +135,13 @@
 	CO_FL_NONE          = 0x00000000,  /* Just for initialization purposes */
 
 	/* Do not change these values without updating conn_*_poll_changes() ! */
-	/* unusued : 0x00000001 */
+	/* unused : 0x00000001 */
 	CO_FL_XPRT_RD_ENA   = 0x00000002,  /* receiving data is allowed */
-	CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA   = 0x00000004,  /* receiving is currently allowed */
-	/* unused : 0x00000008 */
+	/* unused : 0x00000004, 0x00000008 */
 
 	/* unused : 0x00000010 */
 	CO_FL_XPRT_WR_ENA   = 0x00000020,  /* sending data is desired */
-	CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA   = 0x00000040,  /* sending is currently desired */
-	/* unused : 0x00000080 */
+	/* unused : 0x00000040, 0x00000080 */
 
 	/* These flags indicate whether the Control and Transport layers are initialized */
 	CO_FL_CTRL_READY    = 0x00000100, /* FD was registered, fd_delete() needed */
diff --git a/src/connection.c b/src/connection.c
index 3337538..bf55f86 100644
--- a/src/connection.c
+++ b/src/connection.c
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	conn_refresh_polling_flags(conn);
 	conn->flags |= CO_FL_WILL_UPDATE;
 
 	flags = conn->flags & ~CO_FL_ERROR; /* ensure to call the wake handler upon error */
@@ -150,10 +149,9 @@
 }
 
 /* Update polling on connection <c>'s file descriptor depending on its current
- * state as reported in the connection's CO_FL_CURR_* flags, reports of EAGAIN
- * in CO_FL_WAIT_*, and the data layer expectations indicated by CO_FL_XPRT_*.
- * The connection flags are updated with the new flags at the end of the
- * operation. Polling is totally disabled if an error was reported.
+ * state as reported in the connection's CO_FL_XPRT_* flags. The connection
+ * flags are updated with the new flags at the end of the operation. Polling
+ * is totally disabled if an error was reported.
  */
 void conn_update_xprt_polling(struct connection *c)
 {
@@ -163,25 +161,16 @@
 		return;
 
 	/* update read status if needed */
-	if (unlikely((f & (CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA|CO_FL_XPRT_RD_ENA)) == CO_FL_XPRT_RD_ENA)) {
+	if (f & CO_FL_XPRT_RD_ENA)
 		fd_want_recv(c->handle.fd);
-		f |= CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA;
-	}
-	else if (unlikely((f & (CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA|CO_FL_XPRT_RD_ENA)) == CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA)) {
+	else
 		fd_stop_recv(c->handle.fd);
-		f &= ~CO_FL_CURR_RD_ENA;
-	}
 
 	/* update write status if needed */
-	if (unlikely((f & (CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA|CO_FL_XPRT_WR_ENA)) == CO_FL_XPRT_WR_ENA)) {
+	if (f & CO_FL_XPRT_WR_ENA)
 		fd_want_send(c->handle.fd);
-		f |= CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA;
-	}
-	else if (unlikely((f & (CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA|CO_FL_XPRT_WR_ENA)) == CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA)) {
+	else
 		fd_stop_send(c->handle.fd);
-		f &= ~CO_FL_CURR_WR_ENA;
-	}
-	c->flags = f;
 }
 
 /* This is the callback which is set when a connection establishment is pending
diff --git a/src/raw_sock.c b/src/raw_sock.c
index 63c8f6f..91a3593 100644
--- a/src/raw_sock.c
+++ b/src/raw_sock.c
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	conn->flags &= ~CO_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
-	conn_refresh_polling_flags(conn);
 	errno = 0;
 
 	/* Under Linux, if FD_POLL_HUP is set, we have reached the end.
@@ -186,7 +185,6 @@
 	if (!fd_send_ready(conn->handle.fd))
 		return 0;
 
-	conn_refresh_polling_flags(conn);
 	done = 0;
 	while (pipe->data) {
 		ret = splice(pipe->cons, NULL, conn->handle.fd, NULL, pipe->data,
@@ -241,7 +239,6 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	conn->flags &= ~CO_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
-	conn_refresh_polling_flags(conn);
 	errno = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(!(fdtab[conn->handle.fd].ev & FD_POLL_IN))) {
@@ -354,7 +351,6 @@
 	if (!fd_send_ready(conn->handle.fd))
 		return 0;
 
-	conn_refresh_polling_flags(conn);
 	done = 0;
 	/* send the largest possible block. For this we perform only one call
 	 * to send() unless the buffer wraps and we exactly fill the first hunk,
@@ -380,10 +376,8 @@
 			/* if the system buffer is full, don't insist */
 			if (ret < try)
 				break;
-			if (!count) {
+			if (!count)
 				conn_xprt_stop_send(conn);
-				conn_refresh_polling_flags(conn);
-			}
 		}
 		else if (ret == 0 || errno == EAGAIN || errno == ENOTCONN || errno == EINPROGRESS) {
 			/* nothing written, we need to poll for write first */
diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index ff8af23..f2bce21 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -6505,8 +6505,6 @@
 	ssize_t ret;
 	size_t try, done = 0;
 
-	conn_refresh_polling_flags(conn);
-
 	if (!ctx)
 		goto out_error;
 
@@ -6631,7 +6629,6 @@
 	size_t try, done;
 
 	done = 0;
-	conn_refresh_polling_flags(conn);
 
 	if (!ctx)
 		goto out_error;