diff --git a/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper.rb b/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper.rb
index df1adf18..c298e2fd 100644
--- a/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper.rb
+++ b/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper.rb
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ class HydraWrapper
         # @return [Hash] hydra opts
         def self.hydra_opts
           @hydra_opts ||= {
-            followlocation: true,
-            maxredirs:      DiasporaFederation.http_redirect_limit,
+            followlocation: false,
             timeout:        DiasporaFederation.http_timeout,
             method:         :post,
             verbose:        DiasporaFederation.http_verbose,
@@ -90,10 +89,10 @@ def hydra
         # @param [Typhoeus::Request] request
         def prepare_request(request)
           request.on_complete do |response|
-            success = validate_response_and_update_pod(request, response)
-            log_line = "success=#{success} sender=#{@sender_id} obj=#{@obj_str} url=#{response.effective_url} " \
+            DiasporaFederation.callbacks.trigger(:update_pod, request.url, status_from_response(response))
+            log_line = "success=#{response.success?} sender=#{@sender_id} obj=#{@obj_str} url=#{request.url} " \
                        "message=#{response.return_code} code=#{response.response_code} time=#{response.total_time}"
-            if success
+            if response.success?
               logger.info(log_line)
             else
               logger.warn(log_line)
@@ -103,18 +102,6 @@ def prepare_request(request)
           end
         end
 
-        def validate_response_and_update_pod(request, response)
-          url = URI.parse(request.url)
-          effective_url = URI.parse(response.effective_url)
-          same_host = url.host == effective_url.host
-
-          (response.success? && same_host).tap do |success|
-            pod_url = (success ? effective_url : url).tap {|uri| uri.path = "/" }.to_s
-            status = same_host ? status_from_response(response) : :redirected_to_other_hostname
-            DiasporaFederation.callbacks.trigger(:update_pod, pod_url, status)
-          end
-        end
-
         def status_from_response(response)
           response.return_code == :ok ? response.response_code : response.return_code
         end
diff --git a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper_spec.rb b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper_spec.rb
index 170729e2..e3572b79 100644
--- a/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/diaspora_federation/federation/sender/hydra_wrapper_spec.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ module DiasporaFederation
     let(:obj_str) { "status_message@guid" }
     let(:xml) { "<xml>post</xml>" }
     let(:json) { "{\"aes_key\": \"...\", \"encrypted_magic_envelope\": \"...\"}" }
-    let(:url) { "http://example.org/receive/public" }
-    let(:url2) { "http://example.com/receive/public" }
+    let(:url) { "https://example.org/receive/public" }
+    let(:url2) { "https://example.com/receive/public" }
 
     let(:hydra) { Typhoeus::Hydra.new }
     let(:hydra_wrapper) { Federation::Sender::HydraWrapper.new(sender_id, obj_str) }
@@ -61,20 +61,18 @@ module DiasporaFederation
     describe "#send" do
       let(:response) {
         Typhoeus::Response.new(
-          code:          202,
-          body:          "",
-          time:          0.2,
-          effective_url: url.sub("http://", "https://"),
-          return_code:   :ok
+          code:        202,
+          body:        "",
+          time:        0.2,
+          return_code: :ok
         )
       }
       let(:error_response) {
         Typhoeus::Response.new(
-          code:          0,
-          body:          "",
-          time:          0.2,
-          effective_url: url2,
-          return_code:   :couldnt_resolve_host
+          code:        0,
+          body:        "",
+          time:        0.2,
+          return_code: :couldnt_resolve_host
         )
       }
 
@@ -96,41 +94,30 @@ module DiasporaFederation
       end
 
       it "calls the update_pod callback for all responses with effective_url and status" do
-        expect_callback(:update_pod, "https://example.org/", 202)
-        expect_callback(:update_pod, "http://example.com/", :couldnt_resolve_host)
+        expect_callback(:update_pod, url, 202)
+        expect_callback(:update_pod, url2, :couldnt_resolve_host)
 
         hydra_wrapper.send
       end
 
       it "calls the update_pod callback with http status code when there was no error" do
-        expect_callback(:update_pod, "https://example.org/", 202)
-        expect_callback(:update_pod, "http://example.net/", 404)
+        not_found_url = "https://example.net/receive/not_found"
+
+        expect_callback(:update_pod, url, 202)
+        expect_callback(:update_pod, not_found_url, 404)
         allow(DiasporaFederation.callbacks).to receive(:trigger)
 
         not_found = Typhoeus::Response.new(
-          code:          404,
-          body:          "",
-          time:          0.2,
-          effective_url: "http://example.net/",
-          return_code:   :ok
+          code:        404,
+          body:        "",
+          time:        0.2,
+          return_code: :ok
         )
-        Typhoeus.stub("http://example.net/receive/not_found").and_return(not_found)
-        hydra_wrapper.insert_magic_env_request("http://example.net/receive/not_found", xml)
+        Typhoeus.stub(not_found_url).and_return(not_found)
+        hydra_wrapper.insert_magic_env_request(not_found_url, xml)
 
         hydra_wrapper.send
       end
-
-      it "fails if redirected to other hostname" do
-        expect_callback(:update_pod, "https://example.org/", 202)
-        expect_callback(:update_pod, "http://example.com/", :couldnt_resolve_host)
-        expect_callback(:update_pod, "http://example.net/", :redirected_to_other_hostname)
-
-        url3 = "http://example.net/receive/public"
-        Typhoeus.stub(url3).and_return(response)
-        hydra_wrapper.insert_magic_env_request(url3, xml)
-
-        expect(hydra_wrapper.send).to eq([url2, url3])
-      end
     end
   end
 end