diff --git a/src/ejabberd_s2s_out.erl b/src/ejabberd_s2s_out.erl
index 261562f8c..1fd8b4121 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_s2s_out.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_s2s_out.erl
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ open_socket2(Type, Addr, Port) ->
     case (catch ejabberd_socket:connect(Addr, Port,
 					[binary, {packet, 0},
 					 {send_timeout, ?TCP_SEND_TIMEOUT},
-                                         {send_timeout_close, true},
 					 {active, false}, Type | SockOpts],
 					Timeout)) of
 	{ok, _Socket} = R -> R;