diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs
index 61e71db62..b87e3a4ce 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common.Test/Http/HttpClientFixture.cs
@@ -322,31 +322,6 @@ public void should_not_download_file_with_error()
             ExceptionVerification.ExpectedWarns(1);
         }
 
-        [Test]
-        public void should_not_write_redirect_content_to_stream()
-        {
-            var file = GetTempFilePath();
-
-            using (var fileStream = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Create))
-            {
-                var request = new HttpRequest($"http://{_httpBinHost}/redirect/1");
-                request.AllowAutoRedirect = false;
-                request.ResponseStream = fileStream;
-
-                var response = Subject.Get(request);
-
-                response.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.Redirect);
-            }
-
-            ExceptionVerification.ExpectedErrors(1);
-
-            File.Exists(file).Should().BeTrue();
-
-            var fileInfo = new FileInfo(file);
-
-            fileInfo.Length.Should().Be(0);
-        }
-
         [Test]
         public void should_send_cookie()
         {
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs
index 0e4ef9239..cba300e39 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Common/Http/Dispatchers/ManagedHttpDispatcher.cs
@@ -127,10 +127,9 @@ public HttpResponse GetResponse(HttpRequest request, CookieContainer cookies)
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        if (request.ResponseStream != null && httpWebResponse.StatusCode == HttpStatusCode.OK)
+                        if (request.ResponseStream != null)
                         {
                             // A target ResponseStream was specified, write to that instead.
-                            // But only on the OK status code, since we don't want to write failures and redirects.
                             responseStream.CopyTo(request.ResponseStream);
                         }
                         else