diff --git a/src/node_http.cc b/src/node_http.cc
index 5971edd10d..9794b90567 100644
--- a/src/node_http.cc
+++ b/src/node_http.cc
@@ -129,8 +129,6 @@ HTTPConnection::OnEOF ()
 int
 HTTPConnection::on_message_begin (http_parser *parser)
 {
-  HandleScope scope;
-
   if (message_begin_symbol.IsEmpty()) {
     method_symbol = NODE_PSYMBOL("method");
     status_code_symbol = NODE_PSYMBOL("statusCode");
@@ -186,7 +184,6 @@ HTTPConnection::on_message_complete (http_parser *parser)
 int
 HTTPConnection::on_url (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-  HandleScope scope;
   HTTPConnection *connection = static_cast<HTTPConnection*>(parser->data);
   assert(connection->refs_);
   Local<Value> argv[1] = { String::New(buf, len) };
@@ -197,7 +194,6 @@ HTTPConnection::on_url (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t len)
 int
 HTTPConnection::on_query_string (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-  HandleScope scope;
   HTTPConnection *connection = static_cast<HTTPConnection*>(parser->data);
   assert(connection->refs_);
   Local<Value> argv[1] = { String::New(buf, len) };
@@ -208,7 +204,6 @@ HTTPConnection::on_query_string (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t le
 int
 HTTPConnection::on_path (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-  HandleScope scope;
   HTTPConnection *connection = static_cast<HTTPConnection*>(parser->data);
   assert(connection->refs_);
   Local<Value> argv[1] = { String::New(buf, len) };
@@ -219,7 +214,6 @@ HTTPConnection::on_path (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t len)
 int
 HTTPConnection::on_fragment (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-  HandleScope scope;
   HTTPConnection *connection = static_cast<HTTPConnection*>(parser->data);
   assert(connection->refs_);
   Local<Value> argv[1] = { String::New(buf, len) };
@@ -240,7 +234,6 @@ const static char normalizer[] =
 int
 HTTPConnection::on_header_field (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-  HandleScope scope;
   HTTPConnection *connection = static_cast<HTTPConnection*>(parser->data);
   assert(connection->refs_);
 
@@ -257,7 +250,6 @@ HTTPConnection::on_header_field (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t le
 int
 HTTPConnection::on_header_value (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
-  HandleScope scope;
   HTTPConnection *connection = static_cast<HTTPConnection*>(parser->data);
   assert(connection->refs_);
 
@@ -293,7 +285,6 @@ HTTPConnection::on_headers_complete (http_parser *parser)
 {
   HTTPConnection *connection = static_cast<HTTPConnection*> (parser->data);
   assert(connection->refs_);
-  HandleScope scope;
 
   Local<Object> message_info = Object::New();
 
@@ -339,7 +330,6 @@ HTTPConnection::on_body (http_parser *parser, const char *buf, size_t len)
 
   HTTPConnection *connection = static_cast<HTTPConnection*> (parser->data);
   assert(connection->refs_);
-  HandleScope scope;
 
   // TODO each message should have their encoding.
   // don't look at the conneciton for encoding