diff --git a/proxy/http/HttpTransact.cc b/proxy/http/HttpTransact.cc
index da34f053028..4fdb683b936 100644
--- a/proxy/http/HttpTransact.cc
+++ b/proxy/http/HttpTransact.cc
@@ -757,15 +757,13 @@ how_to_open_connection(HttpTransact::State *s)
     break;
   }
 
-  s->cdn_saved_next_action = HttpTransact::SM_ACTION_ORIGIN_SERVER_OPEN;
+  HttpTransact::StateMachineAction_t connect_next_action = HttpTransact::SM_ACTION_ORIGIN_SERVER_OPEN;
 
   // Setting up a direct CONNECT tunnel enters OriginServerRawOpen. We always do that if we
   // are not forwarding CONNECT and are not going to a parent proxy.
   if (s->method == HTTP_WKSIDX_CONNECT) {
-    if (s->txn_conf->forward_connect_method == 1 || s->parent_result.result == PARENT_SPECIFIED) {
-      s->cdn_saved_next_action = HttpTransact::SM_ACTION_ORIGIN_SERVER_OPEN;
-    } else {
-      s->cdn_saved_next_action = HttpTransact::SM_ACTION_ORIGIN_SERVER_RAW_OPEN;
+    if (s->txn_conf->forward_connect_method != 1 && s->parent_result.result != PARENT_SPECIFIED) {
+      connect_next_action = HttpTransact::SM_ACTION_ORIGIN_SERVER_RAW_OPEN;
     }
   }
 
@@ -774,9 +772,7 @@ how_to_open_connection(HttpTransact::State *s)
     HttpTransactHeaders::convert_request(s->current.server->http_version, &s->hdr_info.server_request);
   }
 
-  ink_assert(s->cdn_saved_next_action == HttpTransact::SM_ACTION_ORIGIN_SERVER_OPEN ||
-             s->cdn_saved_next_action == HttpTransact::SM_ACTION_ORIGIN_SERVER_RAW_OPEN);
-  return s->cdn_saved_next_action;
+  return connect_next_action;
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************
@@ -2020,19 +2016,8 @@ HttpTransact::OSDNSLookup(State *s)
   // After SM_ACTION_DNS_LOOKUP, goto the saved action/state ORIGIN_SERVER_(RAW_)OPEN.
   // Should we skip the StartAccessControl()? why?
 
-  if (s->cdn_remap_complete) {
-    TxnDebug("cdn", "This is a late DNS lookup.  We are going to the OS, "
-                    "not to HandleFiltering.");
-
-    ink_assert(s->cdn_saved_next_action == SM_ACTION_ORIGIN_SERVER_OPEN ||
-               s->cdn_saved_next_action == SM_ACTION_ORIGIN_SERVER_RAW_OPEN);
-    TxnDebug("cdn", "outgoing version -- (pre  conversion) %d", s->hdr_info.server_request.m_http->m_version);
-    (&s->hdr_info.server_request)->version_set(HTTPVersion(1, 1));
-    HttpTransactHeaders::convert_request(s->current.server->http_version, &s->hdr_info.server_request);
-    TxnDebug("cdn", "outgoing version -- (post conversion) %d", s->hdr_info.server_request.m_http->m_version);
-    TRANSACT_RETURN(s->cdn_saved_next_action, nullptr);
-  } else if (DNSLookupInfo::OS_Addr::OS_ADDR_USE_CLIENT == s->dns_info.os_addr_style ||
-             DNSLookupInfo::OS_Addr::OS_ADDR_USE_HOSTDB == s->dns_info.os_addr_style) {
+  if (DNSLookupInfo::OS_Addr::OS_ADDR_USE_CLIENT == s->dns_info.os_addr_style ||
+      DNSLookupInfo::OS_Addr::OS_ADDR_USE_HOSTDB == s->dns_info.os_addr_style) {
     // we've come back after already trying the server to get a better address
     // and finished with all backtracking - return to trying the server.
     TRANSACT_RETURN(how_to_open_connection(s), HttpTransact::HandleResponse);
diff --git a/proxy/http/HttpTransact.h b/proxy/http/HttpTransact.h
index df7986a4588..a3ff52e723e 100644
--- a/proxy/http/HttpTransact.h
+++ b/proxy/http/HttpTransact.h
@@ -702,12 +702,6 @@ class HttpTransact
     //  able to defer some work in building the request
     TransactFunc_t pending_work = nullptr;
 
-    // Sandbox of Variables
-    StateMachineAction_t cdn_saved_next_action        = SM_ACTION_UNDEFINED;
-    void (*cdn_saved_transact_return_point)(State *s) = nullptr;
-    bool cdn_remap_complete                           = false;
-    bool first_dns_lookup                             = true;
-
     HttpRequestData request_data;
     ParentConfigParams *parent_params                           = nullptr;
     std::shared_ptr<NextHopSelectionStrategy> next_hop_strategy = nullptr;