diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/jzlib/Deflate.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/jzlib/Deflate.java
index d71ba40f8a..2d97276a61 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/jzlib/Deflate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/util/internal/jzlib/Deflate.java
@@ -253,12 +253,6 @@ final class Deflate {
     private void lm_init() {
         window_size = 2 * w_size;
 
-        // TODO No need to clear the head if called from deflateInit2
-        head[hash_size - 1] = 0;
-        for (int i = 0; i < hash_size - 1; i ++) {
-            head[i] = 0;
-        }
-
         // Set the default configuration parameters:
         max_lazy_match = Deflate.config_table[level].max_lazy;
         good_match = Deflate.config_table[level].good_length;