diff --git a/src/pkg/http/readrequest_test.go b/src/pkg/http/readrequest_test.go
index adac86a47fb..79f8de70d3c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/readrequest_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/readrequest_test.go
@@ -152,28 +152,6 @@ var reqTests = []reqTest{
 		noBody,
 		"parse : empty url",
 	},
-
-	// CONNECT method.
-	{
-		"CONNECT proxy.example.com:443 HTTP/1.0\r\n" +
-			"Host: proxy.example.com\r\n\r\n",
-
-		&Request{
-			Method:        "CONNECT",
-			RawURL:        "proxy.example.com:443",
-			URL:           nil,
-			Proto:         "HTTP/1.0",
-			ProtoMajor:    1,
-			ProtoMinor:    0,
-			Close:         false,
-			ContentLength: 0,
-			Host:          "proxy.example.com",
-			Form:          Values{},
-		},
-
-		noBody,
-		noError,
-	},
 }
 
 func TestReadRequest(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/request.go b/src/pkg/http/request.go
index cfde345f105..2917cc1e6e1 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/request.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/request.go
@@ -548,11 +548,8 @@ func ReadRequest(b *bufio.Reader) (req *Request, err os.Error) {
 		return nil, &badStringError{"malformed HTTP version", req.Proto}
 	}
 
-	isConnect := strings.ToUpper(req.Method) == "CONNECT"
-	if !isConnect {
-		if req.URL, err = ParseRequestURL(req.RawURL); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+	if req.URL, err = ParseRequestURL(req.RawURL); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	// Subsequent lines: Key: value.
@@ -569,9 +566,7 @@ func ReadRequest(b *bufio.Reader) (req *Request, err os.Error) {
 	//	GET http://www.google.com/index.html HTTP/1.1
 	//	Host: doesntmatter
 	// the same.  In the second case, any Host line is ignored.
-	if !isConnect {
-		req.Host = req.URL.Host
-	}
+	req.Host = req.URL.Host
 	if req.Host == "" {
 		req.Host = req.Header.Get("Host")
 	}