diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -2329,10 +2329,6 @@
         if not self.busy:
             return
         self.busy = 0
-        try:
-            self.ftp.voidresp()
-        except ftperrors():
-            pass

     def close(self):
         self.keepalive = False