diff --git a/lib/roles/ws/client-parser-ws.c b/lib/roles/ws/client-parser-ws.c
index 7bf38a8b7..b578f0f2e 100644
--- a/lib/roles/ws/client-parser-ws.c
+++ b/lib/roles/ws/client-parser-ws.c
@@ -57,14 +57,6 @@ int lws_ws_client_rx_sm(struct lws *wsi, unsigned char c)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	/*
-	 * Peer may have closed, but that doesn't necessarily mean we should not
-	 * parse any rx we have from them.
-	 *
-	if (wsi->socket_is_permanently_unusable)
-		return -1;
-	*/
-
 	switch (wsi->lws_rx_parse_state) {
 	case LWS_RXPS_NEW:
 		/* control frames (PING) may interrupt checkable sequences */
diff --git a/lib/roles/ws/ops-ws.c b/lib/roles/ws/ops-ws.c
index fc1bfe7fb..08299ca62 100644
--- a/lib/roles/ws/ops-ws.c
+++ b/lib/roles/ws/ops-ws.c
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ lws_ws_rx_sm(struct lws *wsi, char already_processed, unsigned char c)
 	pmdrx.eb_out.token = NULL;
 	pmdrx.eb_out.len = 0;
 
-	if (wsi->socket_is_permanently_unusable)
-		return -1;
-
 	switch (wsi->lws_rx_parse_state) {
 	case LWS_RXPS_NEW:
 #if !defined(LWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS)