diff --git a/include/proto/connection.h b/include/proto/connection.h
index bd3e890f1..a552a0438 100644
--- a/include/proto/connection.h
+++ b/include/proto/connection.h
@@ -486,18 +486,6 @@ static inline void conn_assign(struct connection *conn, const struct data_cb *da
 	conn->owner = owner;
 }
 
-/* prepares a connection with the appropriate data, ctrl, transport layers, and
- * owner. The transport state and context are set to 0.
- */
-static inline void conn_prepare(struct connection *conn, const struct data_cb *data,
-                                const struct protocol *ctrl, const struct xprt_ops *xprt,
-                                void *owner)
-{
-	conn_assign(conn, data, ctrl, xprt, owner);
-	conn->xprt_st = 0;
-	conn->xprt_ctx = NULL;
-}
-
 /* returns a human-readable error code for conn->err_code, or NULL if the code
  * is unknown.
  */
diff --git a/include/proto/stream_interface.h b/include/proto/stream_interface.h
index d1c2b36bd..3349ddec2 100644
--- a/include/proto/stream_interface.h
+++ b/include/proto/stream_interface.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static inline void si_prepare_conn(struct stream_interface *si, const struct pro
 
 	si->ops = &si_conn_ops;
 	si->end = &conn->obj_type;
-	conn_prepare(conn, &si_conn_cb, ctrl, xprt, si);
+	conn_assign(conn, &si_conn_cb, ctrl, xprt, si);
 }
 
 /* Assign the stream interface's pre-allocated connection to the end point,
diff --git a/src/checks.c b/src/checks.c
index d781b4c00..c38a1c972 100644
--- a/src/checks.c
+++ b/src/checks.c
@@ -1541,7 +1541,7 @@ static struct task *process_chk(struct task *t)
 
 		/* prepare a new connection */
 		conn_init(conn);
-		conn_prepare(conn, &check_conn_cb, s->check_common.proto, s->check_common.xprt, check);
+		conn_assign(conn, &check_conn_cb, s->check_common.proto, s->check_common.xprt, check);
 		conn->target = &s->obj_type;
 
 		/* no client address */
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 9afa1f517..b8b5b4980 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ int session_accept(struct listener *l, int cfd, struct sockaddr_storage *addr)
 	 * but not initialized. Also note we need to be careful as the stream
 	 * int is not initialized yet.
 	 */
-	conn_prepare(cli_conn, &sess_conn_cb, l->proto, l->xprt, s);
+	conn_assign(cli_conn, &sess_conn_cb, l->proto, l->xprt, s);
 
 	/* finish initialization of the accepted file descriptor */
 	fd_insert(cfd);