diff --git a/gunicorn/http/request.py b/gunicorn/http/request.py
index 13fad71d..31678559 100644
--- a/gunicorn/http/request.py
+++ b/gunicorn/http/request.py
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ class HttpRequest(object):
                 if i != -1: break
 
 
-        self.log.info("%s", self.parser.status)
+        self.log.debug("%s", self.parser.status)
 
-        self.log.info("Got headers:\n%s" % headers)
+        self.log.debug("Got headers:\n%s" % headers)
         
         if self.parser.headers_dict.get('Except', '').lower() == "100-continue":
             self.socket.send("100 Continue\n")
diff --git a/gunicorn/util.py b/gunicorn/util.py
index 828392f9..c3ac3789 100644
--- a/gunicorn/util.py
+++ b/gunicorn/util.py
@@ -32,18 +32,12 @@ def close(sock):
     """ socket.close() doesn't *really* close if 
     there's another reference to it in the TCP/IP stack. 
     (trick from twisted)"""
-    try:
-        sock.shutdown(2)
-    except socket.error:
-        pass
     try:
         sock.close()
     except socket.error:
         pass
-
-    del sock
   
-def read_partial(sock, length):    
+def read_partial(sock, length):
     while True:
         try:
             ret = select.select([sock.fileno()], [], [], 0)