diff --git a/src/shrpx_client_handler.cc b/src/shrpx_client_handler.cc
index cd4e405d..3f16097a 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_client_handler.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_client_handler.cc
@@ -1231,14 +1231,6 @@ ClientHandler::ReadBuf *ClientHandler::get_rb() { return &rb_; }
 
 void ClientHandler::signal_write() { conn_.wlimit.startw(); }
 
-void ClientHandler::signal_write_no_wait() {
-  // ev_feed_event works without starting watcher.  But rate limiter
-  // requires active watcher.  Without that, we might not send pending
-  // data.  Also ClientHandler::write_tls requires it.
-  conn_.wlimit.startw();
-  ev_feed_event(conn_.loop, &conn_.wev, EV_WRITE);
-}
-
 RateLimit *ClientHandler::get_rlimit() { return &conn_.rlimit; }
 RateLimit *ClientHandler::get_wlimit() { return &conn_.wlimit; }
 
diff --git a/src/shrpx_client_handler.h b/src/shrpx_client_handler.h
index 4617fcdc..bfe22024 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_client_handler.h
+++ b/src/shrpx_client_handler.h
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ public:
   RateLimit *get_wlimit();
 
   void signal_write();
-  // Use this for HTTP/1 frontend since it produces better result.
-  void signal_write_no_wait();
   ev_io *get_wev();
 
   void setup_upstream_io_callback();
diff --git a/src/shrpx_https_upstream.cc b/src/shrpx_https_upstream.cc
index 97537204..fbb6cb7e 100644
--- a/src/shrpx_https_upstream.cc
+++ b/src/shrpx_https_upstream.cc
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ int htp_hdrs_completecb(http_parser *htp) {
       auto output = downstream->get_response_buf();
       constexpr auto res = StringRef::from_lit("HTTP/1.1 100 Continue\r\n\r\n");
       output->append(res);
-      handler->signal_write_no_wait();
+      handler->signal_write();
     }
   }
 
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ int htp_msg_completecb(http_parser *htp) {
       // in request phase hook.  We only delete and proceed to the
       // next request handling (if we don't close the connection).  We
       // first pause parser here just as we normally do, and call
-      // signal_write_no_wait() to run on_write().
+      // signal_write() to run on_write().
       http_parser_pause(htp, 1);
 
       return 0;
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ int HttpsUpstream::on_read() {
     if (downstream &&
         downstream->get_request_state() == Downstream::MSG_COMPLETE &&
         downstream->get_response_state() == Downstream::MSG_COMPLETE) {
-      handler_->signal_write_no_wait();
+      handler_->signal_write();
     }
     return 0;
   }
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ int HttpsUpstream::on_read() {
 
     if (downstream && downstream->get_response_state() != Downstream::INITIAL) {
       handler_->set_should_close_after_write(true);
-      handler_->signal_write_no_wait();
+      handler_->signal_write();
       return 0;
     }
 
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ int HttpsUpstream::on_read() {
 
     error_reply(status_code);
 
-    handler_->signal_write_no_wait();
+    handler_->signal_write();
 
     return 0;
   }
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ int HttpsUpstream::downstream_read(DownstreamConnection *dconn) {
   }
 
 end:
-  handler_->signal_write_no_wait();
+  handler_->signal_write();
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ int HttpsUpstream::downstream_eof(DownstreamConnection *dconn) {
   // drop connection.
   return -1;
 end:
-  handler_->signal_write_no_wait();
+  handler_->signal_write();
 
   return 0;
 }
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ int HttpsUpstream::downstream_error(DownstreamConnection *dconn, int events) {
 
   downstream->pop_downstream_connection();
 
-  handler_->signal_write_no_wait();
+  handler_->signal_write();
   return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1229,14 +1229,14 @@ int HttpsUpstream::on_downstream_body_complete(Downstream *downstream) {
 int HttpsUpstream::on_downstream_abort_request(Downstream *downstream,
                                                unsigned int status_code) {
   error_reply(status_code);
-  handler_->signal_write_no_wait();
+  handler_->signal_write();
   return 0;
 }
 
 int HttpsUpstream::on_downstream_abort_request_with_https_redirect(
     Downstream *downstream) {
   redirect_to_https(downstream);
-  handler_->signal_write_no_wait();
+  handler_->signal_write();
   return 0;
 }