diff --git a/lib/frameworks/capybara.rb b/lib/frameworks/capybara.rb
index d177e29..7c3e9dc 100644
--- a/lib/frameworks/capybara.rb
+++ b/lib/frameworks/capybara.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 require 'monkey-patches/capybara-mechanize-patches'
 require 'monkey-patches/mechanize-patches'
 require 'monkey-patches/send-keys'
-require 'monkey-patches/net-http-persistent-patches'
 require 'selenium-webdriver'
 require 'capybara/mechanize/cucumber' 
 require 'capybara/celerity'
diff --git a/lib/monkey-patches/net-http-persistent-patches.rb b/lib/monkey-patches/net-http-persistent-patches.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 4472025..0000000
--- a/lib/monkey-patches/net-http-persistent-patches.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-#Adding no_proxy_host logic for Mechanize2 which uses this
-#gem for it's HTTP client logic
-#TODO: Grab from envirnment variable optionally, or provide list
-class Net::HTTP::Persistent
-
-  ##
-  # Creates a new connection for +uri+
-  def connection_for uri
-    Thread.current[@generation_key]     ||= Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = {} }
-    Thread.current[@ssl_generation_key] ||= Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = {} }
-    Thread.current[@request_key]        ||= Hash.new 0
-    Thread.current[@timeout_key]        ||= Hash.new EPOCH
-
-    use_ssl = uri.scheme.downcase == 'https'
-
-    if use_ssl then
-      ssl_generation = @ssl_generation
-
-      ssl_cleanup ssl_generation
-
-      connections = Thread.current[@ssl_generation_key][ssl_generation]
-    else
-      generation = @generation
-
-      cleanup generation
-
-      connections = Thread.current[@generation_key][generation]
-    end
-
-    net_http_args = [uri.host, uri.port]
-    connection_id = net_http_args.join ':'
-    #
-    #Frameworks patch (and condition)
-    if @proxy_uri and !uri.host.include? 'sandbox' then
-      connection_id << @proxy_connection_id
-      net_http_args.concat @proxy_args
-    end
-
-    connection = connections[connection_id]
-
-    unless connection = connections[connection_id] then
-      connections[connection_id] = http_class.new(*net_http_args)
-      connection = connections[connection_id]
-      ssl connection if use_ssl
-    else
-      reset connection if expired? connection
-    end
-
-    unless connection.started? then
-      connection.set_debug_output @debug_output if @debug_output
-      connection.open_timeout = @open_timeout if @open_timeout
-      connection.read_timeout = @read_timeout if @read_timeout
-
-      connection.start
-
-      socket = connection.instance_variable_get :@socket
-
-      if socket then # for fakeweb
-        @socket_options.each do |option|
-          socket.io.setsockopt(*option)
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    connection
-  rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED
-    raise Error, "connection refused: #{connection.address}:#{connection.port}"
-  rescue Errno::EHOSTDOWN
-    raise Error, "host down: #{connection.address}:#{connection.port}"
-  end
-end
-