diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php
index eb110a553fa58..633b74a1256ed 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ public function __construct(CurlClientState $multi, $ch, ?array $options = null,
         $this->info['pause_handler'] = static function (float $duration) use ($ch, $multi, $execCounter) {
             if (0 < $duration) {
                 if ($execCounter === $multi->execCounter) {
-                    $multi->execCounter = !\is_float($execCounter) ? 1 + $execCounter : \PHP_INT_MIN;
                     curl_multi_remove_handle($multi->handle, $ch);
                 }