diff --git a/src/components/util/url.rs b/src/components/util/url.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6876c150d6f..00000000000
--- a/src/components/util/url.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
-
-use rust_url;
-use rust_url::{Url, UrlParser};
-
-/**
-Create a URL object from a string. Does various helpful browsery things like
-
-* If there's no current url and the path looks like a file then it will
-  create a file url based of the current working directory
-* If there's a current url and the new path is relative then the new url
-  is based off the current url
-
-*/
-// TODO: about:failure->
-pub fn try_parse_url(str_url: &str, base_url: Option<Url>) -> Result<Url, &'static str> {
-    let mut parser = UrlParser::new();
-    let parser = match base_url {
-        Some(ref base) => &*parser.base_url(base),
-        None => &parser,
-    };
-    parser.parse(str_url.as_slice())
-}
-
-pub fn parse_url(str_url: &str, base_url: Option<rust_url::Url>) -> rust_url::Url {
-    // FIXME: Need to handle errors
-    try_parse_url(str_url, base_url).ok().expect("URL parsing failed")
-}
diff --git a/src/components/util/util.rs b/src/components/util/util.rs
index ba983060c80..92f1995cce4 100644
--- a/src/components/util/util.rs
+++ b/src/components/util/util.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ extern crate sync;
 #[cfg(target_os="macos")]
 extern crate task_info;
 extern crate std_time = "time";
-extern crate rust_url = "url_";
 extern crate string_cache;
 
 pub mod atom;
@@ -45,6 +44,5 @@ pub mod sort;
 pub mod str;
 pub mod task;
 pub mod time;
-pub mod url;
 pub mod vec;
 pub mod workqueue;