diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 1f52d315147..aafbe5f60f2 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ IncomingMessage.prototype._dump = function() {
     return;
 
   this._dumped = true;
-  if (this.socket.parser) this.socket.parser.incoming = null;
+  this.socket.parser.incoming = null;
   this.push(null);
   readStart(this.socket);
 };
diff --git a/test/simple/test-regress-GH-4948.js b/test/simple/test-regress-GH-4948.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d96c4da6139..00000000000
--- a/test/simple/test-regress-GH-4948.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
-//
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
-// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
-// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
-// following conditions:
-//
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
-// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-//
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
-// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
-// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
-// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
-// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-// https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/4948
-
-var common = require('../common');
-var http = require('http');
-
-http.createServer(function(serverReq, serverRes){
-
-  http.request({hostname: 'localhost', port: common.PORT}, function(res) {
-    // required, just needs to be in the client response somewhere
-    serverRes.end();
-
-    // required for test to fail
-    res.on('data', function(data) {});
-  }).end();
-
-  serverRes.write('some data');
-}).listen(common.PORT);
-
-
-// simulate a client request that closes early
-var net = require('net');
-
-var sock = new net.Socket();
-sock.connect(common.PORT, 'localhost');
-
-sock.on('connect', function() {
-  sock.write('GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n');
-  sock.end();
-});