diff --git a/async-http.gemspec b/async-http.gemspec
index 5247d9c5..7bd0bcd7 100644
--- a/async-http.gemspec
+++ b/async-http.gemspec
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 	spec.add_dependency "async-io", ">= 1.28"
 	spec.add_dependency "async-pool", ">= 0.2"
 	spec.add_dependency "protocol-http", "~> 0.26.0"
-	spec.add_dependency "protocol-http1", "~> 0.18.0"
+	spec.add_dependency "protocol-http1", "~> 0.19.0"
 	spec.add_dependency "protocol-http2", "~> 0.16.0"
 	spec.add_dependency "traces", ">= 0.10.0"
 end
diff --git a/lib/async/http/protocol/http1/connection.rb b/lib/async/http/protocol/http1/connection.rb
index 753e04e7..1275c6a9 100755
--- a/lib/async/http/protocol/http1/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/async/http/protocol/http1/connection.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def initialize(stream, version)
 						
 						@ready = true
 						@version = version
-						@hijacked = false
 					end
 					
 					attr :version
@@ -48,15 +47,6 @@ def peer
 					def concurrency
 						1
 					end
-
-					def hijack!
-						@hijacked = true
-						super
-					end
-
-					def hijacked?
-						@hijacked
-					end
 					
 					# Can we use this connection to make requests?
 					def viable?