diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-http.php b/src/wp-includes/class-http.php
index d925a07b54..3cfdee4a93 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-http.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-http.php
@@ -1442,10 +1442,6 @@ class WP_Http_Curl {
 			}
 		}
 
-		$response = array();
-		$response['code'] = curl_getinfo( $handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE );
-		$response['message'] = get_status_header_desc($response['code']);
-
 		curl_close( $handle );
 
 		if ( $r['stream'] )
@@ -1454,7 +1450,7 @@ class WP_Http_Curl {
 		$response = array(
 			'headers' => $theHeaders['headers'],
 			'body' => null,
-			'response' => $response,
+			'response' => $theHeaders['response'],
 			'cookies' => $theHeaders['cookies'],
 			'filename' => $r['filename']
 		);