diff --git a/src/routers/http/router.rs b/src/routers/http/router.rs
index 5780cdb..e146212 100644
--- a/src/routers/http/router.rs
+++ b/src/routers/http/router.rs
@@ -593,13 +593,6 @@ impl Router {
                     false
                 };
 
-                // Keep a clone for potential cleanup on retry
-                let worker_for_cleanup = if load_incremented {
-                    Some(worker.clone())
-                } else {
-                    None
-                };
-
                 let response = self
                     .send_typed_request(
                         headers,
@@ -617,18 +610,6 @@ impl Router {
                 let status = response.status();
                 worker.record_outcome(status.is_success() || status.is_client_error());
 
-                // For retryable failures, we need to decrement load since send_typed_request
-                // won't have done it (it only decrements on success or non-retryable failures)
-                if is_retryable_status(response.status()) && load_incremented {
-                    if let Some(cleanup_worker) = worker_for_cleanup {
-                        cleanup_worker.decrement_load();
-                        RouterMetrics::set_running_requests(
-                            cleanup_worker.url(),
-                            cleanup_worker.load(),
-                        );
-                    }
-                }
-
                 response
             },
             // should_retry predicate