diff --git a/src/Ocelot/Responder/HttpContextResponder.cs b/src/Ocelot/Responder/HttpContextResponder.cs
index bd265a61..0b2959b4 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot/Responder/HttpContextResponder.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot/Responder/HttpContextResponder.cs
@@ -59,12 +59,8 @@ namespace Ocelot.Responder
         }
 
         public void SetErrorResponseOnContext(HttpContext context, int statusCode)
-        {
-            context.Response.OnStarting(x =>
-            {
-                context.Response.StatusCode = statusCode;
-                return Task.CompletedTask;
-            }, context);
+        {
+            context.Response.StatusCode = statusCode;
         }
 
         private static void AddHeaderIfDoesntExist(HttpContext context, Header httpResponseHeader)