diff --git a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpGenerator.java b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpGenerator.java
index e59b981af496..01973bf547ba 100644
--- a/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpGenerator.java
+++ b/jetty-http/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/HttpGenerator.java
@@ -600,10 +600,6 @@ private void generateHeaders(MetaData _info,ByteBuffer header,ByteBuffer content
             for (int f=0;f<n;f++)
             {
                 HttpField field = fields.getField(f);
-                String v = field.getValue();
-                if (v==null || v.length()==0)
-                    continue; // rfc7230 does not allow no value
-
                 HttpHeader h = field.getHeader();
                 if (h==null)
                     putTo(field,header);