diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index fbdb575376..33b928559a 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -623,10 +623,6 @@ esp_http_client_handle_t esp_http_client_init(const esp_http_client_config_t *co
     if (config->skip_cert_common_name_check) {
         esp_transport_ssl_skip_common_name_check(ssl);
     }
-
-    if (config->keep_alive_enable == true) {
-        esp_transport_ssl_set_keep_alive(ssl, &client->keep_alive_cfg);
-    }
 #endif
 
     if (_set_config(client, config) != ESP_OK) {
diff --git a/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c b/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
index c9bb0fd324..2f6405d47d 100644
--- a/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_websocket_client/esp_websocket_client.c
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ esp_websocket_client_handle_t esp_websocket_client_init(const esp_websocket_clie
     if (config->skip_cert_common_name_check) {
         esp_transport_ssl_skip_common_name_check(ssl);
     }
-    esp_transport_ssl_set_keep_alive(ssl, &client->keep_alive_cfg);
 
     esp_transport_handle_t wss = esp_transport_ws_init(ssl);
     ESP_WS_CLIENT_MEM_CHECK(TAG, wss, goto _websocket_init_fail);