diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index e11d58624..f66f70ab5 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -499,8 +499,10 @@ CURLcode Curl_setopt(struct SessionHandle *data, CURLoption option, ...)
     data->set.http_fail_on_error = va_arg(param, long)?TRUE:FALSE;
     break;
   case CURLOPT_UPLOAD:
+  case CURLOPT_PUT:
     /*
-     * We want to sent data to the remote host
+     * We want to sent data to the remote host. If this is HTTP, that equals
+     * using the PUT request.
      */
     data->set.upload = va_arg(param, long)?TRUE:FALSE;
     if(data->set.upload)
@@ -583,14 +585,6 @@ CURLcode Curl_setopt(struct SessionHandle *data, CURLoption option, ...)
      */
     data->set.ftp_ascii = va_arg(param, long)?TRUE:FALSE;
     break;
-  case CURLOPT_PUT:
-    /*
-     * Use the HTTP PUT request to transfer data if this is TRUE.  If this is
-     * FALSE, don't set the httpreq. We can't know what to revert it to!
-     */
-    if(va_arg(param, long))
-      data->set.httpreq = HTTPREQ_PUT;
-    break;
   case CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION:
     /*
      * Set HTTP time condition. This must be one of the defines in the