diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 0450d9b44f..dfb59bb447 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -41,74 +41,6 @@ var STATUS_CODES = exports.STATUS_CODES = {
   505 : 'HTTP Version not supported'
 };
 
-/*
-  parseUri 1.2.1
-  (c) 2007 Steven Levithan <stevenlevithan.com>
-  MIT License
-*/
-
-function decode (s) {
-  return decodeURIComponent(s.replace(/\+/g, ' '));
-}
-
-exports.parseUri = function (str) {
-  var o   = exports.parseUri.options,
-      m   = o.parser[o.strictMode ? "strict" : "loose"].exec(str),
-      uri = {},
-      i   = 14;
-
-  while (i--) uri[o.key[i]] = m[i] || "";
-
-  uri[o.q.name] = {};
-  uri[o.key[12]].replace(o.q.parser, function ($0, $1, $2) {
-    if ($1) {
-      try {
-        var key = decode($1);
-        var val = decode($2);
-      } catch (e) {
-        return;
-      }
-      uri[o.q.name][key] = val;
-    }
-  });
-  uri.toString = function () { return str; };
-
-  for (i = o.key.length - 1; i >= 0; i--){
-    if (uri[o.key[i]] == "") delete uri[o.key[i]];
-  }
-
-  return uri;
-};
-
-exports.parseUri.options = {
-  strictMode: false,
-  key: [
-    "source",
-    "protocol",
-    "authority",
-    "userInfo",
-    "user",
-    "password",
-    "host",
-    "port",
-    "relative",
-    "path",
-    "directory",
-    "file",
-    "query",
-    "anchor"
-  ],
-  q: {
-    name:   "params",
-    parser: /(?:^|&)([^&=]*)=?([^&]*)/g
-  },
-  parser: {
-    strict: /^(?:([^:\/?#]+):)?(?:\/\/((?:(([^:@]*):?([^:@]*))?@)?([^:\/?#]*)(?::(\d*))?))?((((?:[^?#\/]*\/)*)([^?#]*))(?:\?([^#]*))?(?:#(.*))?)/,
-    loose:  /^(?:(?![^:@]+:[^:@\/]*@)([^:\/?#.]+):)?(?:\/\/)?((?:(([^:@]*):?([^:@]*))?@)?([^:\/?#]*)(?::(\d*))?)(((\/(?:[^?#](?![^?#\/]*\.[^?#\/.]+(?:[?#]|$)))*\/?)?([^?#\/]*))(?:\?([^#]*))?(?:#(.*))?)/
-  }
-};
-
-
 var connection_expression = /Connection/i;
 var transfer_encoding_expression = /Transfer-Encoding/i;
 var close_expression = /close/i;
@@ -142,6 +74,7 @@ function IncomingMessage (connection) {
 sys.inherits(IncomingMessage, process.EventEmitter);
 exports.IncomingMessage = IncomingMessage;
 
+var decode = require("uri").decode;
 IncomingMessage.prototype._parseQueryString = function () {
   var parts = this.uri.queryString.split('&');
   for (var j = 0; j < parts.length; j++) {
@@ -631,13 +564,19 @@ exports.cat = function (url, encoding, headers) {
 
   encoding = encoding || "utf8";
 
-  var uri = exports.parseUri(url);
+  var uri = require("uri").parse(url);
   headers = headers || {};
-  if (!headers["Host"] && uri.host) {
-    headers["Host"] = uri.host;
+  
+  var hasHost = false;
+  for (var i in headers) if (i.toLowerCase() === "host") {
+    hasHost = true;
+    break;
+  }
+  if (!hasHost) {
+    headers["Host"] = uri.domain;
   }
 
-  var client = exports.createClient(uri.port || 80, uri.host);
+  var client = exports.createClient(uri.port || 80, uri.domain);
   var req = client.request(uri.path || "/", headers);
 
   client.addListener("error", function () {