Index: Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py	(revision 72833)
+++ Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py	(working copy)
@@ -239,10 +239,7 @@
         self.send_header("Content-length", str(len(response)))
         self.end_headers()
         self.wfile.write(response)
-
-        # shut down the connection
         self.wfile.flush()
-        self.connection.shutdown(1)
 
 class DocXMLRPCServer(  SimpleXMLRPCServer,
                         XMLRPCDocGenerator):
Index: Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	(revision 72833)
+++ Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py	(working copy)
@@ -489,11 +489,8 @@
             self.send_header("Content-length", str(len(response)))
             self.end_headers()
             self.wfile.write(response)
-
-            # shut down the connection
             self.wfile.flush()
-            self.connection.shutdown(1)
-
+ 
     def report_404 (self):
             # Report a 404 error
         self.send_response(404)
@@ -502,10 +499,8 @@
         self.send_header("Content-length", str(len(response)))
         self.end_headers()
         self.wfile.write(response)
-        # shut down the connection
         self.wfile.flush()
-        self.connection.shutdown(1)
-
+        
     def log_request(self, code='-', size='-'):
         """Selectively log an accepted request."""