diff --git a/okhttp-tests/src/test/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/URLConnectionTest.java b/okhttp-tests/src/test/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/URLConnectionTest.java
index abe3f40..607895e 100644
--- a/okhttp-tests/src/test/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/URLConnectionTest.java
+++ b/okhttp-tests/src/test/java/com/squareup/okhttp/internal/http/URLConnectionTest.java
@@ -2952,39 +2952,6 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * Tolerate bad https proxy response when using HttpResponseCache. Android bug 6754912.
-   */
-  @Test
-  public void testConnectViaHttpProxyToHttpsUsingBadProxyAndHttpResponseCache() throws Exception {
-    initResponseCache();
-
-    server.useHttps(sslContext.getSocketFactory(), true);
-    // The inclusion of a body in the response to a CONNECT is key to reproducing b/6754912.
-    MockResponse
-        badProxyResponse = new MockResponse()
-        .setSocketPolicy(SocketPolicy.UPGRADE_TO_SSL_AT_END)
-        .clearHeaders()
-        .setBody("bogus proxy connect response content");
-
-    server.enqueue(badProxyResponse);
-    server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setBody("response"));
-
-    server.play();
-
-    URL url = new URL("https://android.com/foo");
-    client.setSslSocketFactory(sslContext.getSocketFactory());
-    client.setHostnameVerifier(new RecordingHostnameVerifier());
-
-    ProxyConfig proxyConfig = ProxyConfig.PROXY_SYSTEM_PROPERTY;
-    HttpsURLConnection connection = (HttpsURLConnection) proxyConfig.connect(server, client, url);
-    assertContent("response", connection);
-
-    RecordedRequest connect = server.takeRequest();
-    assertEquals("CONNECT android.com:443 HTTP/1.1", connect.getRequestLine());
-    assertContains(connect.getHeaders(), "Host: android.com");
-  }
-
-  /**
    * The RFC is unclear in this regard as it only specifies that this should
    * invalidate the cache entry (if any).
    */
diff --git a/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/Connection.java b/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/Connection.java
index 743c33b..94527af 100644
--- a/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/Connection.java
+++ b/okhttp/src/main/java/com/squareup/okhttp/Connection.java
@@ -17,12 +17,10 @@
 package com.squareup.okhttp;
 
 import com.squareup.okhttp.internal.Platform;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.internal.Util;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.internal.http.HttpAuthenticator;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.internal.http.HttpConnection;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.internal.http.HttpEngine;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.internal.http.HttpTransport;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.internal.http.OkHeaders;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.internal.http.SpdyTransport;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.internal.spdy.SpdyConnection;
 import java.io.Closeable;
@@ -31,8 +29,6 @@
 import java.net.Socket;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLSocket;
 import okio.ByteString;
-import okio.OkBuffer;
-import okio.Source;
 
 import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK;
 import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_PROXY_AUTH;
@@ -357,22 +353,12 @@
       tunnelConnection.writeRequest(request.headers(), requestLine);
       tunnelConnection.flush();
       Response response = tunnelConnection.readResponse().request(request).build();
-      // The response body from a CONNECT should be empty, but if it is not then we should consume
-      // it before proceeding.
-      long contentLength = OkHeaders.contentLength(response);
-      if (contentLength != -1) {
-        Source body = tunnelConnection.newFixedLengthSource(null, contentLength);
-        Util.skipAll(body, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
-      } else {
-        tunnelConnection.emptyResponseBody();
-      }
+      tunnelConnection.emptyResponseBody();
 
       switch (response.code()) {
         case HTTP_OK:
           // Assume the server won't send a TLS ServerHello until we send a TLS ClientHello. If that
           // happens, then we will have buffered bytes that are needed by the SSLSocket!
-          // This check is imperfect: it doesn't tell us whether a handshake will succeed, just that
-          // it will almost certainly fail because the proxy has sent unexpected data.
           if (tunnelConnection.bufferSize() > 0) {
             throw new IOException("TLS tunnel buffered too many bytes!");
           }