--- release31-maint/Lib/urllib/request.py	2010-04-04 22:36:20.000000000 +0200
+++ release31-maint-new/Lib/urllib/request.py	2010-04-04 22:33:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -1645,7 +1645,6 @@
 
     def http_error_default(self, url, fp, errcode, errmsg, headers):
         """Default error handler: close the connection and raise IOError."""
-        void = fp.read()
         fp.close()
         raise HTTPError(url, errcode, errmsg, headers, None)
 
@@ -1836,7 +1835,6 @@
             newurl = headers['uri']
         else:
             return
-        void = fp.read()
         fp.close()
         # In case the server sent a relative URL, join with original:
         newurl = urljoin(self.type + ":" + url, newurl)