diff --git a/lib/reel/connection.rb b/lib/reel/connection.rb
index d2eaf2b..b9c5611 100644
--- a/lib/reel/connection.rb
+++ b/lib/reel/connection.rb
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def respond(response, headers_or_body = {}, body = nil)
       end
 
       case response
-      when Symbol, Fixnum, Integer
+      when Symbol, Integer
         response = Response.new(response, headers, body)
       when Response
       else raise TypeError, "invalid response: #{response.inspect}"