diff --git a/lib/support/nginx/gitlab b/lib/support/nginx/gitlab
index 1cd81ea769f3384b65e9236451af8a2038de1e63..7218a4d2f2092c57eb21da7d3a88f41c81df29ea 100644
--- a/lib/support/nginx/gitlab
+++ b/lib/support/nginx/gitlab
@@ -127,9 +127,11 @@ server {
     # Do not buffer Git HTTP responses
     proxy_buffering off;
 
-    # Pass chunked request bodies to gitlab-git-http-server as-is
-    proxy_request_buffering off;
-    proxy_http_version 1.1;
+    # The following settings only work with NGINX 1.7.11 or newer
+    #
+    # # Pass chunked request bodies to gitlab-git-http-server as-is
+    # proxy_request_buffering off;
+    # proxy_http_version 1.1;
 
     proxy_set_header    Host                $http_host;
     proxy_set_header    X-Real-IP           $remote_addr;
diff --git a/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl b/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl
index 83aad321aab71abd59f1a564ac1beaa722a87745..7dabfba87e22f73c48d6147f949d7e6f2a2c3a8b 100644
--- a/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl
+++ b/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl
@@ -174,9 +174,11 @@ server {
     # Do not buffer Git HTTP responses
     proxy_buffering off;
 
-    # Pass chunked request bodies to gitlab-git-http-server as-is
-    proxy_request_buffering off;
-    proxy_http_version 1.1;
+    # The following settings only work with NGINX 1.7.11 or newer
+    #
+    # # Pass chunked request bodies to gitlab-git-http-server as-is
+    # proxy_request_buffering off;
+    # proxy_http_version 1.1;
 
     proxy_set_header    Host                $http_host;
     proxy_set_header    X-Real-IP           $remote_addr;