diff --git a/HTTP.cpp b/HTTP.cpp
index 71d277de..76ab54ac 100644
--- a/HTTP.cpp
+++ b/HTTP.cpp
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ namespace http {
   bool URL::parse(const std::string& url) {
     std::size_t pos_p = 0; /* < current parse position */
     std::size_t pos_c = 0; /* < work position */
-    if (url.at(0) == '/' && url.find("/http://") == 0) {
-      /* special case for i2p.rocks inproxy */
-      pos_p ++;
-    }
     if(url.at(0) != '/' || pos_p > 0) {
       /* schema */
       pos_c = url.find("://");