diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 711b217..9bac3cc 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ void Server::start_network_threads() {
           conn->tsan_acquire();
           events[i].data.ptr = nullptr;
 
-          if (events[i].events & (EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP | EPOLLRDHUP)) {
+          if (events[i].events & EPOLLERR) {
             continue; // Connection closed - unique_ptr destructor cleans up
           }
 
diff --git a/tools/load_tester.cpp b/tools/load_tester.cpp
index 326c9b5..c27e833 100644
--- a/tools/load_tester.cpp
+++ b/tools/load_tester.cpp
@@ -547,8 +547,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
           events[i].data.ptr = nullptr;
           const int fd = conn->fd;
 
-          // Handle connection errors like server
-          if (events[i].events & (EPOLLERR | EPOLLHUP | EPOLLRDHUP)) {
+          if (events[i].events & EPOLLERR) {
             continue; // Let unique_ptr destructor clean up
           }
           if (events[i].events & EPOLLOUT) {