Revert #4021

Author: hueniverse

lib/transmit.js

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ internals.transmit = function (response) {
         request.raw.res[Config.symbol] = { request };
 
         if (response.variety === 'plain') {
-            request.raw.res[Config.symbol].result = response.source === '' || response._isPayloadSupported() ? response.source : null;
+            request.raw.res[Config.symbol].result = response._isPayloadSupported() ? response.source : null;
         }
     }
 

test/response.js

@@ -87,14 +87,6 @@ describe('Response', () => {
         expect(res.headers['content-type']).to.equal('text/plain; something=something; charset=utf-8');
     });
 
-    it('retains empty string', async () => {
-
-        const server = Hapi.server();
-        server.route({ method: 'GET', path: '/', handler: () => '' });
-        const res = await server.inject('/');
-        expect(res.result).to.equal('');
-    });
-
     describe('_setSource()', () => {
 
         it('returns an empty string response', async () => {