diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 001aea2ea..b0ab10eab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Upstream TLS v1.3 [PR #1400](https://github.com/3scale/APIcast/pull/1400) [THREESCALE-9193](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/THREESCALE-9193)
 - Updated policy list for v3.13.2 [PR #1404](https://github.com/3scale/APIcast/pull/1404)
 - Updated policy list for v3.14.0 [PR #1407](https://github.com/3scale/APIcast/pull/1407)
-- Add `APICAST_LUA_SOCKET_KEEPALIVE_REQUESTS` to limit the number of requests a single keepalive socket can handle [PR #1496](https://github.com/3scale/APIcast/pull/1496) [THREESCALE-11321](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/THREESCALE-11321)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/doc/build.md b/doc/build.md
index 0401f1fa7..2d75e644e 100644
--- a/doc/build.md
+++ b/doc/build.md
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ APIcast is an application based on [OpenResty](https://openresty.org/en/). APIca
 
 ## Release
 
-APIcast is released as [Docker image](https://docs.docker.com).
+APIcast is released as [Docker image](https://docs.docker.com/engine/tutorials/dockerimages/). 
 
 ## Dependencies
 
-APIcast uses LuaRocks, the package manager for Lua modules, to install dependencies. With a correct configuration, LuaRocks installs dependencies into the correct path where OpenResty can see them.
+APIcast uses LuaRocks, the package manager for Lua modules, to install dependencies. With a correct configuration, LuaRocks installs dependencies into the correct path where OpenResty can see them. 
 
 For Docker images, LuaRocks is installed into the application folder. Then, `luarocks path` adds the application folder to the load path.
 
diff --git a/doc/parameters.md b/doc/parameters.md
index af131ed75..15b3e302c 100644
--- a/doc/parameters.md
+++ b/doc/parameters.md
@@ -478,16 +478,6 @@ connections.
 By default Gateway does not enable it, and the keepalive timeout on nginx is set
 to [75 seconds](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_core_module.html#keepalive_timeout)
 
-### `APICAST_LUA_SOCKET_KEEPALIVE_REQUESTS`
-
-**Value:** positive integers
-**Example:** "1"
-
-Sets the maximum number of requests that one keepalive connection can serve.
-After reaching the limit, the connection closes.
-
-NOTE: This value affects connections opened by APIcast and will not have any
-impact on requests proxied via APIcast.
 
 ### `APICAST_CACHE_STATUS_CODES`
 
diff --git a/gateway/Roverfile.lock b/gateway/Roverfile.lock
index ffcfcfbcf..0abd14ba7 100644
--- a/gateway/Roverfile.lock
+++ b/gateway/Roverfile.lock
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ net-url 1.1-1||testing
 nginx-lua-prometheus 0.20181120-3||production
 penlight 1.13.1-1||production,development,testing
 router 2.1-0||production
-say 1.4.1-3||testing
\ No newline at end of file
+say 1.4.1-3||testing
diff --git a/gateway/src/resty/resolver/http.lua b/gateway/src/resty/resolver/http.lua
index 3f7bdbc09..4af497855 100644
--- a/gateway/src/resty/resolver/http.lua
+++ b/gateway/src/resty/resolver/http.lua
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ local resty_resolver = require 'resty.resolver'
 local round_robin = require 'resty.balancer.round_robin'
 
 local setmetatable = setmetatable
-local resty_env = require 'resty.env'
-local tonumber = tonumber
-local keepalive_request = resty_env.get('APICAST_LUA_SOCKET_KEEPALIVE_REQUESTS')
 
 local _M = setmetatable({}, { __index = resty_http })
 
@@ -55,23 +52,4 @@ function _M.connect(self, host, port, ...)
   return ok, err
 end
 
-function _M:set_keepalive()
-  if keepalive_request then
-    local count, err = resty_http.get_reused_times(self)
-    if err then
-      return nil, err
-    end
-    if count >= tonumber(keepalive_request) then
-      resty_http.close(self)
-      return true
-    end
-  end
-
-  local ok, err = resty_http.set_keepalive(self)
-  if not ok then
-    return nil, err
-  end
-  return true
-end
-
 return _M