diff --git a/components/net/connector.rs b/components/net/connector.rs
index 4d9ddcdab11..33ef0aa37cb 100644
--- a/components/net/connector.rs
+++ b/components/net/connector.rs
@@ -2,15 +2,34 @@
  * 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 hyper;
 use hyper::client::Pool;
-use hyper_openssl;
+use hyper::net::HttpsConnector;
+use hyper_openssl::OpensslClient;
 use openssl::ssl::{SSL_OP_NO_COMPRESSION, SSL_OP_NO_SSLV2, SSL_OP_NO_SSLV3};
 use openssl::ssl::{SslConnectorBuilder, SslMethod};
 use servo_config::resource_files::resources_dir_path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-pub type Connector = hyper::net::HttpsConnector<hyper_openssl::OpensslClient>;
+pub type Connector = HttpsConnector<OpensslClient>;
+
+pub fn create_http_connector(certificate_file: &str) -> Arc<Pool<Connector>> {
+    let ca_file = &resources_dir_path()
+        .expect("Need certificate file to make network requests")
+        .join(certificate_file);
+
+    let mut ssl_connector_builder = SslConnectorBuilder::new(SslMethod::tls()).unwrap();
+    {
+        let context = ssl_connector_builder.builder_mut();
+        context.set_ca_file(ca_file).expect("could not set CA file");
+        context.set_cipher_list(DEFAULT_CIPHERS).expect("could not set ciphers");
+        context.set_options(SSL_OP_NO_SSLV2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLV3 | SSL_OP_NO_COMPRESSION);
+    }
+    let ssl_connector = ssl_connector_builder.build();
+    let ssl_client = OpensslClient::from(ssl_connector);
+    let https_connector = HttpsConnector::new(ssl_client);
+
+    Arc::new(Pool::with_connector(Default::default(), https_connector))
+}
 
 // The basic logic here is to prefer ciphers with ECDSA certificates, Forward
 // Secrecy, AES GCM ciphers, AES ciphers, and finally 3DES ciphers.
@@ -27,22 +46,3 @@ const DEFAULT_CIPHERS: &'static str = concat!(
     "ECDHE-ECDSA-DES-CBC3-SHA:AES128-GCM-SHA256:AES256-GCM-SHA384:",
     "AES128-SHA256:AES256-SHA256:AES128-SHA:AES256-SHA"
 );
-
-pub fn create_http_connector(certificate_file: &str) -> Arc<Pool<Connector>> {
-    let ca_file = &resources_dir_path()
-        .expect("Need certificate file to make network requests")
-        .join(certificate_file);
-
-    let mut ssl_connector_builder = SslConnectorBuilder::new(SslMethod::tls()).unwrap();
-    {
-        let context = ssl_connector_builder.builder_mut();
-        context.set_ca_file(ca_file).expect("could not set CA file");
-        context.set_cipher_list(DEFAULT_CIPHERS).expect("could not set ciphers");
-        context.set_options(SSL_OP_NO_SSLV2 | SSL_OP_NO_SSLV3 | SSL_OP_NO_COMPRESSION);
-    }
-    let ssl_connector = ssl_connector_builder.build();
-    let ssl_client = hyper_openssl::OpensslClient::from(ssl_connector);
-    let https_connector = hyper::net::HttpsConnector::new(ssl_client);
-
-    Arc::new(Pool::with_connector(Default::default(), https_connector))
-}