diff --git a/examples/gunicorn.conf.py b/examples/gunicorn.conf.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 664afb79..00000000
--- a/examples/gunicorn.conf.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-arbiter = "egg:gunicorn#eventlet"
-worker_connections = 1000
diff --git a/gunicorn/worker.py b/gunicorn/worker.py
index 414658bb..54e364a8 100644
--- a/gunicorn/worker.py
+++ b/gunicorn/worker.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class Worker(object):
 
             try:
                 environ = req.read()
-                if not environ or not req.parser.status:
+                if not environ or not req.parser.status_line:
                     return
 
                 response = self.app(environ, req.start_response)