diff --git a/cohttp/src/header.ml b/cohttp/src/header.ml
index bb4339b7a..03a46252e 100644
--- a/cohttp/src/header.ml
+++ b/cohttp/src/header.ml
@@ -50,28 +50,6 @@ let get_acceptable_languages headers =
   Accept.languages
     (get_multi_concat ~list_value_only:true headers "accept-language")
 
-(* Parse the transfer-encoding and content-length headers to
- * determine how to decode a body *)
-let get_transfer_encoding headers =
-  (* It should actually be [get] as the interresting value is actually the last.*)
-  match get_multi_concat ~list_value_only:true headers "transfer-encoding" with
-  | Some "chunked" -> Transfer.Chunked
-  | Some _ | None -> (
-      match get_content_range headers with
-      | Some len -> Transfer.Fixed len
-      | None -> Transfer.Unknown)
-
-let add_transfer_encoding headers enc =
-  let open Transfer in
-  (* Only add a header if one doesnt already exist, e.g. from the app *)
-  match (get_transfer_encoding headers, enc) with
-  | Fixed _, _ (* App has supplied a content length, so use that *) | Chunked, _
-    ->
-      headers (* TODO: this is a protocol violation *)
-  | Unknown, Chunked -> add headers "transfer-encoding" "chunked"
-  | Unknown, Fixed len -> add headers "content-length" (Int64.to_string len)
-  | Unknown, Unknown -> headers
-
 let add_authorization_req headers challenge =
   add headers "www-authenticate" (Auth.string_of_challenge challenge)
 
@@ -108,13 +86,6 @@ let prepend_user_agent headers user_agent =
   | Some ua -> replace headers k (user_agent ^ " " ^ ua)
   | None -> add headers k user_agent
 
-let connection h =
-  match get h "connection" with
-  | Some v when v = "keep-alive" -> Some `Keep_alive
-  | Some v when v = "close" -> Some `Close
-  | Some x -> Some (`Unknown x)
-  | _ -> None
-
 open Sexplib0.Sexp_conv
 
 let sexp_of_t t =
diff --git a/http/src/http.ml b/http/src/http.ml
index 743dbd693..85158de65 100644
--- a/http/src/http.ml
+++ b/http/src/http.ml
@@ -322,8 +322,7 @@ module Header = struct
         | Some len -> Transfer.Fixed len
         | None -> Transfer.Unknown)
 
-  let add_transfer_encoding headers enc =
-    let open Transfer in
+  let add_transfer_encoding headers (enc : Transfer.encoding) =
     (* Only add a header if one doesnt already exist, e.g. from the app *)
     match (get_transfer_encoding headers, enc) with
     | Fixed _, _ (* App has supplied a content length, so use that *)