diff --git a/extra/keepalive/keepalive.py b/extra/keepalive/keepalive.py
index 25b12059a..129ae6921 100644
--- a/extra/keepalive/keepalive.py
+++ b/extra/keepalive/keepalive.py
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ class HTTPHandler(urllib2.HTTPHandler):
                 else:
                     try: r = h.getresponse()
                     except httplib.ResponseNotReady, e: r = None
+                    except httplib.BadStatusLine, e: r = None
 
                 if r is None or r.version == 9:
                     # httplib falls back to assuming HTTP 0.9 if it gets a
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 367675b1c..4f1840246 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -243,9 +243,6 @@ class Connect:
             elif "timeout" in tbMsg:
                 warnMsg = "connection timed out to the target url"
             elif "BadStatusLine" in tbMsg:
-                debugMsg  = "BadStatusLine: %s || %s || %s" % (tbMsg, e, e.line)
-                logger.debug(debugMsg)
-
                 warnMsg  = "the target url responded with an unknown HTTP "
                 warnMsg += "status code, try to force the HTTP User-Agent "
                 warnMsg += "header with option --user-agent or -a"