diff --git a/src/http/HTTPThread.rs b/src/http/HTTPThread.rs
index 11c6b782b80c..52dec28bf6f5 100644
--- a/src/http/HTTPThread.rs
+++ b/src/http/HTTPThread.rs
@@ -249,9 +249,7 @@ impl RequestBodyBuffer {
         // A `Vec` cannot adopt a foreign allocator+buffer, so this
         // allocates a fresh Vec of the same capacity.
         // Callers that can should write into allocated_slice() directly instead.
-        let mut arraylist = Vec::with_capacity(self.allocated_slice().len());
-        arraylist.clear();
-        arraylist
+        Vec::with_capacity(self.allocated_slice().len())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/http/InternalState.rs b/src/http/InternalState.rs
index ece9e994eb63..96e6aee2fce4 100644
--- a/src/http/InternalState.rs
+++ b/src/http/InternalState.rs
@@ -167,27 +167,13 @@ impl<'a> InternalState<'a> {
     }
 
     pub fn reset(&mut self) {
-        // allocator param dropped (global mimalloc).
-        self.compressed_body = MutableString::init_empty();
-        self.response_message_buffer = MutableString::init_empty();
-
         let body_msg = self.body_out_str;
         if let Some(body) = body_msg {
             crate::body_out::as_mut(body).reset();
         }
-        // The boxed
-        // Zlib/Brotli/Zstd readers all impl Drop calling end()/destroy_instance
-        // (see the note in Decompressor.rs), so the `*self = ...` assignment below
-        // frees the FFI handle via drop glue — no explicit reset needed.
-
-        // just in case we check and free to avoid leaks
-        // (Option<HTTPResponseMetadata> drops on assignment; allocator param removed)
-        self.cloned_metadata = None;
-
-        // if exists we own this info
-        // (Option<CertificateInfo> drops on assignment; allocator param removed)
-        self.certificate_info = None;
-
+        // `*self = ...` below drops every field via drop glue. Only
+        // `original_request_body` needs an explicit `deinit()` because
+        // `HTTPRequestBody` deliberately has no `Drop` (see HTTPRequestBody.rs).
         self.original_request_body.deinit();
         *self = InternalState {
             body_out_str: body_msg,
diff --git a/src/http/lib.rs b/src/http/lib.rs
index 80d0b5aef39d..4f76341742fb 100644
--- a/src/http/lib.rs
+++ b/src/http/lib.rs
@@ -4641,29 +4641,26 @@ impl<'a> HTTPClient<'a> {
             self.state.cloned_metadata = None;
         }
 
-        let mut certificate_info: Option<CertificateInfo> = None;
-        if let Some(info) = self.state.certificate_info.take() {
-            // transfer owner ship of the certificate info here
-            certificate_info = Some(info);
-        } else if let Some(metadata) = self.state.cloned_metadata.take() {
-            // transfer owner ship of the metadata here
-            return HTTPClientResult {
-                metadata: Some(metadata),
-                body: body_out::opt_mut(self.state.body_out_str),
-                redirected: self.flags.redirected,
-                fail: self.state.fail,
-                dns_error: self.state.dns_error,
-                dns_hostname: self.state.dns_hostname.take(),
-                // check if we are reporting cert errors, do not have a fail state and we are not done
-                has_more: certificate_info.is_some()
-                    || (self.state.fail.is_none() && !self.state.is_done()),
-                body_size,
-                certificate_info: None,
-                can_stream: (self.state.request_stage == RequestStage::Body
-                    || self.state.request_stage == RequestStage::ProxyBody)
-                    && self.flags.is_streaming_request_body,
-                is_http2: self.flags.protocol != Protocol::Http1_1,
-            };
+        let certificate_info = self.state.certificate_info.take();
+        if certificate_info.is_none() {
+            if let Some(metadata) = self.state.cloned_metadata.take() {
+                // transfer ownership of the metadata here
+                return HTTPClientResult {
+                    metadata: Some(metadata),
+                    body: body_out::opt_mut(self.state.body_out_str),
+                    redirected: self.flags.redirected,
+                    fail: self.state.fail,
+                    dns_error: self.state.dns_error,
+                    dns_hostname: self.state.dns_hostname.take(),
+                    has_more: self.state.fail.is_none() && !self.state.is_done(),
+                    body_size,
+                    certificate_info: None,
+                    can_stream: (self.state.request_stage == RequestStage::Body
+                        || self.state.request_stage == RequestStage::ProxyBody)
+                        && self.flags.is_streaming_request_body,
+                    is_http2: self.flags.protocol != Protocol::Http1_1,
+                };
+            }
         }
         HTTPClientResult {
             body: body_out::opt_mut(self.state.body_out_str),