diff --git a/lib/handler/RetryHandler.js b/lib/handler/RetryHandler.js
index 5819c7a9b13..a8112b36ee4 100644
--- a/lib/handler/RetryHandler.js
+++ b/lib/handler/RetryHandler.js
@@ -278,29 +278,6 @@ class RetryHandler {
       headers,
       count: this.retryCount
     })
-    // Meant to just indicate weather or not trigger a retry
-    // It should return null to indicate we exhausted the retries
-    const retryAfter = this.retryOpts.retry(
-      err,
-      { counter: this.retryCount, currentTimeout: this.retryAfter },
-      { retry: this.retryOpts, ...this.opts }
-    )
-
-    assert(
-      retryAfter == null || Number.isFinite(retryAfter),
-      'invalid retryAfter'
-    )
-
-    if (retryAfter == null) {
-      return this.handler.onHeaders(
-        statusCode,
-        rawHeaders,
-        resume,
-        statusMessage
-      )
-    }
-
-    this.retryAfter = retryAfter
 
     this.abort(err)