diff --git a/http-auth.c b/http-auth.c
index f7a66b3..9e25a47 100644
--- a/http-auth.c
+++ b/http-auth.c
@@ -276,4 +276,3 @@ char* digest_authentication_encode(const char *line, const char *user, const cha
 
 const char *auth_request_header = "Proxy-Authenticate:";
 const char *auth_response_header = "Proxy-Authorization:";
-const time_t auth_error_gap = 60;
diff --git a/http-auth.h b/http-auth.h
index 7aadac5..36e3221 100644
--- a/http-auth.h
+++ b/http-auth.h
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 typedef struct http_auth_t {
 	char *last_auth_query;
-	time_t last_auth_time;
 	int last_auth_count;
 } http_auth;
 
diff --git a/http-connect.c b/http-connect.c
index 4fadad2..2d96117 100644
--- a/http-connect.c
+++ b/http-connect.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static struct evbuffer *httpc_mkconnect(redsocks_client *client);
 
 extern const char *auth_request_header;
 extern const char *auth_response_header;
-extern const time_t auth_error_gap; // quit after connsective auth fail in a time interval, in secs
 
 static char *get_auth_request_header(struct evbuffer *buf)
 {
@@ -82,9 +81,8 @@ static void httpc_read_cb(struct bufferevent *buffev, void *_arg)
 				if (code == 407) { // auth failed
 					http_auth *auth = (void*)(client->instance + 1);
 
-					time_t now_time = time(NULL);
-					if (auth->last_auth_query != NULL && now_time - auth->last_auth_time < auth_error_gap && auth->last_auth_count == 1) {
-						redsocks_log_error(client, LOG_NOTICE, "consective auth failure");
+					if (auth->last_auth_query != NULL && auth->last_auth_count == 1) {
+						redsocks_log_error(client, LOG_NOTICE, "proxy auth failed");
 						redsocks_drop_client(client);
 
 						dropped = 1;
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@ static void httpc_read_cb(struct bufferevent *buffev, void *_arg)
 
 						auth->last_auth_query = calloc(strlen(ptr) + 1, 1);
 						strcpy(auth->last_auth_query, ptr);
-						auth->last_auth_time = now_time;
 						auth->last_auth_count = 0;
 
 						free(auth_request);