diff --git a/httprl.module b/httprl.module
index fee8304..4de2daf 100644
--- a/httprl.module
+++ b/httprl.module
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ define('HTTPRL_GLOBAL_TIMEOUT', 120.0);
 define('HTTPRL_REQUEST_ALLOWED_REDIRECTS_EXHAUSTED', -2);
 
 /**
- * Error code indicating that the request made by httprl_request() exceeded
- * the maximum allowed redirects without reaching the final target.
+ * Error code indicating that the call to fwrite() failed.
  */
 define('HTTPRL_REQUEST_FWRITE_FAIL', -3);
 
@@ -294,7 +293,6 @@ function httprl_set_default_options(&$options) {
     'chunk_size_read' => 32768,
     'chunk_size_write' => 1024,
     'async_connect' => TRUE,
-    'head_only' => FALSE,
   );
 
   // Merge the default headers.
@@ -786,9 +784,6 @@ function httprl_establish_stream_connection(&$result) {
  *   - version: HTTP Version 1.0 or 1.1. Default is 1.0 for a good reason.
  *   - referrer: TRUE - send current page; FALSE - do not send current
  *     page. Default is FALSE.
- *   - head_only: FALSE (default) - Get the whole request. TRUE - Cut the
- *     connection once we have the headers and discard any data that we might
- *     have gotten.
  *   - domain_connections: Maximum number of simultaneous connections to a given
  *     domain name. Default is 8.
  *   - global_connections: Maximum number of simultaneous connections that can
@@ -887,6 +882,11 @@ function httprl_request($urls, $options = array()) {
     // Build the request string.
     $request = httprl_build_request_string($uri, $options);
 
+    // If a range header is set, calculate how many bytes need to be downloaded.
+    if (!empty($options['headers']['Range'])) {
+      $options['max_data_size'] = '';
+    }
+
     // Put all variables into an array for easy alterations.
     $connections[] = array($socket, $flags, $uri, $url, $options, $result, $request);
     $return[$url] = TRUE;
@@ -1177,15 +1177,6 @@ function httprl_send_request($results = NULL) {
 
             // Now that we have the headers, increase the chunk size.
             $responses[$id]->chunk_size = $responses[$id]->options['chunk_size_read'];
-
-            // We only care about the headers. Close Connection.
-            if ($responses[$id]->options['head_only']) {
-              $responses[$id]->data = '';
-              $responses[$id]->status = 'Done.';
-
-              // Do post processing on the stream.
-              httprl_post_processing($id, $responses, $output);
-            }
           }
         }