diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/request.py b/mercurial/hgweb/request.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/request.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/request.py
@@ -306,16 +306,9 @@
                 if inst[0] != errno.ECONNRESET:
                     raise
 
-    def writelines(self, lines):
-        for line in lines:
-            self.write(line)
-
     def flush(self):
         return None
 
-    def close(self):
-        return None
-
 def wsgiapplication(app_maker):
     '''For compatibility with old CGI scripts. A plain hgweb() or hgwebdir()
     can and should now be used as a WSGI application.'''