diff --git a/webdav.php b/webdav.php
index 080f1ad806..eba6104ba7 100644
--- a/webdav.php
+++ b/webdav.php
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ include(dirname(__FILE__).'/header.inc.php');
 
 $headertime = microtime(true);
 
-// switch of output buffering (switched on in header), as otherwise we run against memory_limit, for big files
-// only do it if no output_handler is set in php.ini, as at least with zlib.output_handler it stalls ...
-if (!ini_get('output_handler')) ob_end_flush();
-
 $webdav_server = new vfs_webdav_server();
 $webdav_server->ServeRequest();
 //error_log(sprintf("WebDAV %s request took %5.3f s (header include took %5.3f s)",$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'],microtime(true)-$starttime,$headertime-$starttime));