diff --git a/src/rust-http-client b/src/rust-http-client
index 0fe29122c25..d8fea132cd6 160000
--- a/src/rust-http-client
+++ b/src/rust-http-client
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0fe29122c25f5fd8b00270dc96821df774d43745
+Subproject commit d8fea132cd638cecace5734a333f56bca144d03a
diff --git a/src/servo/resource/http_loader.rs b/src/servo/resource/http_loader.rs
index fdde14d7a6d..627303df652 100644
--- a/src/servo/resource/http_loader.rs
+++ b/src/servo/resource/http_loader.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ import comm::{chan, methods};
 import task::spawn;
 import resource_task::{ProgressMsg, Payload, Done};
 import std::net::url::url;
-import http_client::{
-    uv_http_request,
-    Uri
-};
+import http_client::{uv_http_request};
 import result::{ok, err};
 
 fn factory(url: url, progress_chan: chan<ProgressMsg>) {
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@ fn factory(url: url, progress_chan: chan<ProgressMsg>) {
 
     do spawn {
         #debug("http_loader: requesting via http: %?", url);
-        let request = uv_http_request(url_to_http_client_uri(url));
+        let request = uv_http_request(url);
         let errored = @mut false;
         do request.begin |event| {
             alt event {
@@ -39,10 +36,3 @@ fn factory(url: url, progress_chan: chan<ProgressMsg>) {
         }
     }
 }
-
-fn url_to_http_client_uri(url: url) -> Uri {
-    {
-        host: url.host,
-        path: url.path
-    }
-}
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