diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index 3edb71e..d09ef01 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -943,7 +943,8 @@ static void nosigpipe(struct connectdata *conn,
 
 void Curl_sndbufset(curl_socket_t sockfd)
 {
-  int val = CURL_MAX_WRITE_SIZE + 32;
+  int val = 64*1024;
+/*
   int curval = 0;
   int curlen = sizeof(curval);
 
@@ -963,7 +964,7 @@ void Curl_sndbufset(curl_socket_t sockfd)
   if(getsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, (char *)&curval, &curlen) == 0)
     if(curval > val)
       return;
-
+*/
   setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, (const char *)&val, sizeof(val));
 }
 #endif