diff --git a/src/hlua.c b/src/hlua.c
index 02cba1e60..ccdf53896 100644
--- a/src/hlua.c
+++ b/src/hlua.c
@@ -5377,8 +5377,6 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_applet_http_send_response(lua_State *L)
 	sl->info.res.status = http_ctx->status;
 
 	/* Get the array associated to the field "response" in the object AppletHTTP. */
-	/* FIXME: according to Lua doc, 0 is considered to be invalid index? */
-	lua_pushvalue(L, 0);
 	if (lua_getfield(L, 1, "response") != LUA_TTABLE) {
 		hlua_pusherror(L, "Lua applet http '%s': AppletHTTP['response'] missing.\n",
 		               luactx->appctx->rule->arg.hlua_rule->fcn->name);