diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/tempauth.py b/swift/common/middleware/tempauth.py
index 8e246a838d..4083a3d945 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/tempauth.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/tempauth.py
@@ -666,8 +666,6 @@ class TempAuth(object):
             req = Request(env)
             if self.auth_prefix:
                 req.path_info_pop()
-            req.bytes_transferred = '-'
-            req.client_disconnect = False
             if 'x-storage-token' in req.headers and \
                     'x-auth-token' not in req.headers:
                 req.headers['x-auth-token'] = req.headers['x-storage-token']
diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
index e33d213bb4..eacfe68e9d 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
@@ -931,7 +931,6 @@ class ReplicatedObjectController(BaseObjectController):
 
             ml = req.message_length()
             if ml and bytes_transferred < ml:
-                req.client_disconnect = True
                 self.app.logger.warning(
                     _('Client disconnected without sending enough data'))
                 self.app.logger.increment('client_disconnects')
@@ -954,7 +953,6 @@ class ReplicatedObjectController(BaseObjectController):
         except HTTPException:
             raise
         except ChunkReadError:
-            req.client_disconnect = True
             self.app.logger.warning(
                 _('Client disconnected without sending last chunk'))
             self.app.logger.increment('client_disconnects')
@@ -3228,7 +3226,6 @@ class ECObjectController(BaseObjectController):
 
             ml = req.message_length()
             if ml and bytes_transferred < ml:
-                req.client_disconnect = True
                 self.app.logger.warning(
                     _('Client disconnected without sending enough data'))
                 self.app.logger.increment('client_disconnects')
@@ -3304,7 +3301,6 @@ class ECObjectController(BaseObjectController):
             self.app.logger.increment('client_timeouts')
             raise HTTPRequestTimeout(request=req)
         except ChunkReadError:
-            req.client_disconnect = True
             self.app.logger.warning(
                 _('Client disconnected without sending last chunk'))
             self.app.logger.increment('client_disconnects')