diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
index 6ca51a01..9a9a6e10 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.http.client.params.CookiePolicy;
 import org.apache.http.client.params.HttpClientParams;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpRequestRetryHandler;
 import org.apache.http.params.HttpConnectionParams;
 import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;
 import org.apache.http.params.HttpProtocolParams;
@@ -31,9 +30,6 @@ public class HttpGetter {
 		HttpProtocolParams.setContentCharset(params, "UTF-8");
 		HttpConnectionParams.setConnectionTimeout(params, 4000);
 		HttpConnectionParams.setSoTimeout(params, 4000);
-		httpclient
-				.setHttpRequestRetryHandler(new DefaultHttpRequestRetryHandler(
-						0, false));
 
 		try {
 			HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet(url);