diff --git a/plugins/header_rewrite/operators.cc b/plugins/header_rewrite/operators.cc
index bdb9af636e7..8013990285c 100644
--- a/plugins/header_rewrite/operators.cc
+++ b/plugins/header_rewrite/operators.cc
@@ -1242,20 +1242,6 @@ OperatorSetPluginCntl::initialize(Parser &p)
   }
 }
 
-// This operator should be allowed everywhere
-void
-OperatorSetPluginCntl::initialize_hooks()
-{
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_READ_REQUEST_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_READ_RESPONSE_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_SEND_RESPONSE_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_REMAP_PSEUDO_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_PRE_REMAP_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_SEND_REQUEST_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_TXN_CLOSE_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_TXN_START_HOOK);
-}
-
 bool
 OperatorSetPluginCntl::exec(const Resources &res) const
 {
@@ -1431,20 +1417,6 @@ OperatorSetStateFlag::initialize(Parser &p)
   }
 }
 
-// This operator should be allowed everywhere
-void
-OperatorSetStateFlag::initialize_hooks()
-{
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_READ_REQUEST_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_READ_RESPONSE_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_SEND_RESPONSE_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_REMAP_PSEUDO_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_PRE_REMAP_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_SEND_REQUEST_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_TXN_CLOSE_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_TXN_START_HOOK);
-}
-
 bool
 OperatorSetStateFlag::exec(const Resources &res) const
 {
@@ -1485,20 +1457,6 @@ OperatorSetStateInt8::initialize(Parser &p)
   }
 }
 
-// This operator should be allowed everywhere
-void
-OperatorSetStateInt8::initialize_hooks()
-{
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_READ_REQUEST_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_READ_RESPONSE_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_SEND_RESPONSE_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_REMAP_PSEUDO_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_PRE_REMAP_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_SEND_REQUEST_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_TXN_CLOSE_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_TXN_START_HOOK);
-}
-
 bool
 OperatorSetStateInt8::exec(const Resources &res) const
 {
@@ -1555,20 +1513,6 @@ OperatorSetStateInt16::initialize(Parser &p)
   }
 }
 
-// This operator should be allowed everywhere
-void
-OperatorSetStateInt16::initialize_hooks()
-{
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_READ_REQUEST_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_READ_RESPONSE_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_SEND_RESPONSE_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_REMAP_PSEUDO_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_PRE_REMAP_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_SEND_REQUEST_HDR_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_TXN_CLOSE_HOOK);
-  add_allowed_hook(TS_HTTP_TXN_START_HOOK);
-}
-
 bool
 OperatorSetStateInt16::exec(const Resources &res) const
 {
diff --git a/plugins/header_rewrite/operators.h b/plugins/header_rewrite/operators.h
index d20c08f4052..6b19d128de5 100644
--- a/plugins/header_rewrite/operators.h
+++ b/plugins/header_rewrite/operators.h
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ class OperatorSetPluginCntl : public Operator
   };
 
 protected:
-  void initialize_hooks() override;
   bool exec(const Resources &res) const override;
 
   bool
@@ -560,7 +559,6 @@ class OperatorSetStateFlag : public Operator
   void initialize(Parser &p) override;
 
 protected:
-  void initialize_hooks() override;
   bool exec(const Resources &res) const override;
 
   bool
@@ -598,7 +596,6 @@ class OperatorSetStateInt8 : public Operator
   void initialize(Parser &p) override;
 
 protected:
-  void initialize_hooks() override;
   bool exec(const Resources &res) const override;
 
   bool
@@ -635,7 +632,6 @@ class OperatorSetStateInt16 : public Operator
   void initialize(Parser &p) override;
 
 protected:
-  void initialize_hooks() override;
   bool exec(const Resources &res) const override;
 
   bool
diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/header_rewrite/post_remap.conf b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/header_rewrite/post_remap.conf
index 2788617372b..3424d80b517 100644
--- a/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/header_rewrite/post_remap.conf
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/pluginTest/header_rewrite/post_remap.conf
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@
 
 # Global header_rewrite ruleset that fires after remapping, on the remapped
 # request, before the cache lookup. The value is the remapped host, so an
-# earlier hook would record the pristine host instead.
+# earlier hook would record the pristine host instead. Setting a state flag
+# also verifies that operators which inherit the default hook list are valid
+# at POST_REMAP_HOOK.
 cond %{POST_REMAP_HOOK}
+  set-state-flag 0 true
   set-header X-Post-Remap-Host "%{URL:HOST}"
 
 # Echo the post-remap header into the client response so the rule above can be
-# observed on a cache hit, where no request is forwarded to the origin.
+# observed on a cache hit, where no request is forwarded to the origin. The
+# state condition proves that the state operator also ran at POST_REMAP_HOOK.
 cond %{SEND_RESPONSE_HDR_HOOK}
+cond %{STATE-FLAG:0} =TRUE
   set-header X-Post-Remap-Echo "%{CLIENT-HEADER:X-Post-Remap-Host}"