diff --git a/components/net/fetch/methods.rs b/components/net/fetch/methods.rs
index a97ee2e9985..52536472514 100644
--- a/components/net/fetch/methods.rs
+++ b/components/net/fetch/methods.rs
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ fn main_fetch(request: Rc<Request>, cache: &mut CORSCache, cors_flag: bool,
             };
 
             if (same_origin && !cors_flag ) ||
-                (current_url.scheme() == "data" && request.same_origin_data.get()) ||
-                (current_url.scheme() == "file" && request.same_origin_data.get()) ||
+                current_url.scheme() == "data" ||
+                current_url.scheme() == "file" ||
                 current_url.scheme() == "about" ||
                 request.mode == RequestMode::Navigate {
                 basic_fetch(request.clone(), cache, target, done_chan, context)
@@ -640,41 +640,35 @@ fn http_redirect_fetch(request: Rc<Request>,
     // Step 1
     assert_eq!(response.return_internal.get(), true);
 
-    // Step 3
-    // this step is done early, because querying if Location exists says
-    // if it is None or Some, making it easy to seperate from the retrieval failure case
+    // Step 2
     if !response.actual_response().headers.has::<Location>() {
         return Rc::try_unwrap(response).ok().unwrap();
     }
 
-    // Step 2
+    // Step 3
     let location = match response.actual_response().headers.get::<Location>() {
         Some(&Location(ref location)) => location.clone(),
-        // Step 4
         _ => return Response::network_error()
     };
-
-    // Step 5
     let response_url = response.actual_response().url.as_ref().unwrap();
     let location_url = response_url.join(&*location);
-
-    // Step 6
     let location_url = match location_url {
         Ok(url) => url,
         _ => return Response::network_error()
     };
 
-    // Step 7
+    // Step 4
+    // TODO implement return network_error if not HTTP(S)
+
+    // Step 5
     if request.redirect_count.get() >= 20 {
         return Response::network_error();
     }
 
-    // Step 8
+    // Step 6
     request.redirect_count.set(request.redirect_count.get() + 1);
 
-    // Step 9
-    request.same_origin_data.set(false);
-
+    // Step 7
     let same_origin = if let Origin::Origin(ref origin) = *request.origin.borrow() {
         *origin == request.current_url().origin()
     } else {
@@ -682,22 +676,21 @@ fn http_redirect_fetch(request: Rc<Request>,
     };
     let has_credentials = has_credentials(&location_url);
 
-    // Step 10
     if request.mode == RequestMode::CORSMode && !same_origin && has_credentials {
         return Response::network_error();
     }
 
-    // Step 11
+    // Step 8
     if cors_flag && has_credentials {
         return Response::network_error();
     }
 
-    // Step 12
+    // Step 9
     if cors_flag && !same_origin {
         *request.origin.borrow_mut() = Origin::Origin(UrlOrigin::new_opaque());
     }
 
-    // Step 13
+    // Step 10
     let status_code = response.actual_response().status.unwrap();
     if ((status_code == StatusCode::MovedPermanently || status_code == StatusCode::Found) &&
         *request.method.borrow() == Method::Post) ||
@@ -706,10 +699,13 @@ fn http_redirect_fetch(request: Rc<Request>,
         *request.body.borrow_mut() = None;
     }
 
-    // Step 14
+    // Step 11
     request.url_list.borrow_mut().push(location_url);
 
-    // Step 15
+    // Step 12
+    // TODO implement referrer policy
+
+    // Step 13
     main_fetch(request, cache, cors_flag, true, target, done_chan, context)
 }
 
diff --git a/components/net_traits/request.rs b/components/net_traits/request.rs
index c31f821680d..2a84c91c759 100644
--- a/components/net_traits/request.rs
+++ b/components/net_traits/request.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ pub struct RequestInit {
             serialize_with = "::hyper_serde::serialize")]
     pub headers: Headers,
     pub unsafe_request: bool,
-    pub same_origin_data: bool,
     pub body: Option<Vec<u8>>,
     // TODO: client object
     pub type_: Type,
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ impl Default for RequestInit {
             url: Url::parse("about:blank").unwrap(),
             headers: Headers::new(),
             unsafe_request: false,
-            same_origin_data: false,
             body: None,
             type_: Type::None,
             destination: Destination::None,
@@ -188,7 +186,6 @@ pub struct Request {
     // TODO: priority object
     pub origin: RefCell<Origin>,
     pub omit_origin_header: Cell<bool>,
-    pub same_origin_data: Cell<bool>,
     /// https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#concept-request-referrer
     pub referrer: RefCell<Referrer>,
     pub referrer_policy: Cell<Option<ReferrerPolicy>>,
@@ -230,7 +227,6 @@ impl Request {
             destination: Destination::None,
             origin: RefCell::new(origin.unwrap_or(Origin::Client)),
             omit_origin_header: Cell::new(false),
-            same_origin_data: Cell::new(false),
             referrer: RefCell::new(Referrer::Client),
             referrer_policy: Cell::new(None),
             pipeline_id: Cell::new(pipeline_id),
@@ -256,7 +252,6 @@ impl Request {
         *req.method.borrow_mut() = init.method;
         *req.headers.borrow_mut() = init.headers;
         req.unsafe_request = init.unsafe_request;
-        req.same_origin_data.set(init.same_origin_data);
         *req.body.borrow_mut() = init.body;
         req.type_ = init.type_;
         req.destination = init.destination;
diff --git a/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs b/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs
index 4b16908968f..15df6ee4e33 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/htmlscriptelement.rs
@@ -244,8 +244,6 @@ fn fetch_a_classic_script(script: &HTMLScriptElement,
         },
         origin: doc.url().clone(),
         pipeline_id: Some(script.global().r().pipeline_id()),
-        // FIXME: Set to true for now, discussion in https://github.com/whatwg/fetch/issues/381
-        same_origin_data: true,
         referrer_url: Some(doc.url().clone()),
         referrer_policy: doc.get_referrer_policy(),
         .. RequestInit::default()
diff --git a/components/script/dom/request.rs b/components/script/dom/request.rs
index 4ffbeb2dcd1..fc977978949 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/request.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/request.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ impl Request {
         // TODO: `entry settings object` is not implemented in Servo yet.
         *request.origin.borrow_mut() = Origin::Client;
         request.omit_origin_header = temporary_request.omit_origin_header;
-        request.same_origin_data.set(true);
         request.referrer = temporary_request.referrer;
         request.referrer_policy = temporary_request.referrer_policy;
         request.mode = temporary_request.mode;
diff --git a/components/script/dom/xmlhttprequest.rs b/components/script/dom/xmlhttprequest.rs
index 2a193cea77a..4643921bc2d 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/xmlhttprequest.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/xmlhttprequest.rs
@@ -587,7 +587,6 @@ impl XMLHttpRequestMethods for XMLHttpRequest {
             url: self.request_url.borrow().clone().unwrap(),
             headers: (*self.request_headers.borrow()).clone(),
             unsafe_request: true,
-            same_origin_data: true,
             // XXXManishearth figure out how to avoid this clone
             body: extracted.as_ref().map(|e| e.0.clone()),
             // XXXManishearth actually "subresource", but it doesn't exist
diff --git a/components/script/fetch.rs b/components/script/fetch.rs
index 1117d050319..0fc0fef1f89 100644
--- a/components/script/fetch.rs
+++ b/components/script/fetch.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ fn request_init_from_request(request: NetTraitsRequest) -> NetTraitsRequestInit
         url: request.url(),
         headers: request.headers.borrow().clone(),
         unsafe_request: request.unsafe_request,
-        same_origin_data: request.same_origin_data.get(),
         body: request.body.borrow().clone(),
         type_: request.type_,
         destination: request.destination,
diff --git a/tests/unit/net/fetch.rs b/tests/unit/net/fetch.rs
index 9f9607b1743..217cc8ccee5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/net/fetch.rs
+++ b/tests/unit/net/fetch.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ fn test_fetch_data() {
     let url = Url::parse("data:text/html,<p>Servo</p>").unwrap();
     let origin = Origin::Origin(url.origin());
     let request = Request::new(url, Some(origin), false, None);
-    request.same_origin_data.set(true);
     let expected_resp_body = "<p>Servo</p>".to_owned();
     let fetch_response = fetch_sync(request, None);
 
@@ -173,7 +172,6 @@ fn test_fetch_file() {
     let url = Url::from_file_path(path.clone()).unwrap();
     let origin = Origin::Origin(url.origin());
     let request = Request::new(url, Some(origin), false, None);
-    request.same_origin_data.set(true);
 
     let fetch_response = fetch_sync(request, None);
     assert!(!fetch_response.is_network_error());