diff --git a/lib/parsers.c b/lib/parsers.c
index c33eccc2..d40eeb68 100644
--- a/lib/parsers.c
+++ b/lib/parsers.c
@@ -378,9 +378,6 @@ int lws_parse(struct lws *wsi, unsigned char c)
 			/* last we issued was / so SEEN_SLASH */
 			wsi->u.hdr.ups = URIPS_SEEN_SLASH;
 			break;
-		case URIPS_ARGUMENTS:
-			/* leave them alone */
-			break;
 		}
 
 		if (c == '?' && !enc) { /* start of URI arguments */
@@ -396,7 +393,7 @@ int lws_parse(struct lws *wsi, unsigned char c)
 			ah->frag_index[WSI_TOKEN_HTTP_URI_ARGS] = ah->nfrag;
 
 			/* defeat normal uri path processing */
-			wsi->u.hdr.ups = URIPS_ARGUMENTS;
+			wsi->u.hdr.ups = URIPS_IDLE;
 			goto swallow;
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
index 3cc6ee4a..778dd2fa 100644
--- a/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
+++ b/lib/private-libwebsockets.h
@@ -582,7 +582,6 @@ enum uri_path_states {
 	URIPS_SEEN_SLASH,
 	URIPS_SEEN_SLASH_DOT,
 	URIPS_SEEN_SLASH_DOT_DOT,
-	URIPS_ARGUMENTS,
 };
 
 enum uri_esc_states {