diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9a897db65..9031946fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "h2 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "http 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "httparse 1.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "hyper 0.11.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "hyper 0.11.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ipnet 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.36 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
-version = "0.11.15"
+version = "0.11.19"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-cpupool 0.1.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "http 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "httparse 1.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "iovec 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "language-tags 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mime 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1230,7 +1231,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum heck 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ea04fa3ead4e05e51a7c806fc07271fdbde4e246a6c6d1efd52e72230b771b82"
 "checksum http 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "bf8217d8829cc05dedadc08b4bc0684e5e3fbba1126c5edc680af49053fa230c"
 "checksum httparse 1.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c2f407128745b78abc95c0ffbe4e5d37427fdc0d45470710cfef8c44522a2e37"
-"checksum hyper 0.11.15 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4d6105c5eeb03068b10ff34475a0d166964f98e7b9777cc34b342a225af9b87c"
+"checksum hyper 0.11.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "47659bb1cb7ef3cd7b4f9bd2a11349b8d92097d34f9597a3c09e9bcefaf92b61"
 "checksum idna 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "014b298351066f1512874135335d62a789ffe78a9974f94b43ed5621951eaf7d"
 "checksum iovec 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dbe6e417e7d0975db6512b90796e8ce223145ac4e33c377e4a42882a0e88bb08"
 "checksum ipnet 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "51268c3a27ad46afd1cca0bbf423a5be2e9fd3e6a7534736c195f0f834b763ef"
diff --git a/proxy/Cargo.toml b/proxy/Cargo.toml
index 0cc91ec04..9b10cc094 100644
--- a/proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ futures = "0.1"
 h2 = "0.1"
 http = "0.1"
 httparse = "1.2"
-hyper = { version = "0.11.15", features = ["compat"] }
+hyper = { version = "0.11.19", features = ["compat"] }
 ipnet = "1.0"
 log = "0.3"
 ordermap = "0.2"
diff --git a/proxy/src/transparency/glue.rs b/proxy/src/transparency/glue.rs
index 8834b9d87..2b9b3dc83 100644
--- a/proxy/src/transparency/glue.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/transparency/glue.rs
@@ -246,12 +246,6 @@ where
             hyper::Error::Io(io::ErrorKind::Other.into())
         }));
 
-        if res.status() == http::StatusCode::SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS {
-            debug!("HTTP/1.1 101 upgrade not supported");
-            let res = hyper::Response::new()
-                .with_status(hyper::StatusCode::BadGateway);
-            return Ok(Async::Ready(res));
-        }
         h1::strip_connection_headers(res.headers_mut());
         Ok(Async::Ready(res.map(BodyStream::new).into()))
     }
diff --git a/proxy/tests/transparency.rs b/proxy/tests/transparency.rs
index ee5272b4d..141cdf613 100644
--- a/proxy/tests/transparency.rs
+++ b/proxy/tests/transparency.rs
@@ -291,6 +291,25 @@ fn http11_upgrade_not_supported() {
 
     tcp_client.write(msg1);
 
-    let expected = "HTTP/1.1 502 Bad Gateway\r\n";
+    let expected = "HTTP/1.1 500 ";
     assert_eq!(s(&tcp_client.read()[..expected.len()]), expected);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn http1_get_doesnt_add_transfer_encoding() {
+    let _ = env_logger::init();
+
+    let srv = server::http1()
+        .route_fn("/", |req| {
+            assert!(!req.headers().contains_key("transfer-encoding"));
+            Response::new("hello h1".into())
+        })
+        .run();
+    let ctrl = controller::new().run();
+    let proxy = proxy::new()
+        .controller(ctrl)
+        .inbound(srv)
+        .run();
+    let client = client::http1(proxy.inbound, "transparency.test.svc.cluster.local");
+    assert_eq!(client.get("/"), "hello h1");
+}