diff --git a/Lib/httplib.py b/Lib/httplib.py
index 894c136..9cdfd2a 100644
--- a/Lib/httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/httplib.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 import socket
 from urlparse import urlsplit
 
-__all__ = ["HTTP", "HTTPResponse", "HTTPConnection", "HTTPSConnection",
+__all__ = ["HTTPResponse", "HTTPConnection", "HTTPSConnection",
            "HTTPException", "NotConnected", "UnknownProtocol",
            "UnknownTransferEncoding", "UnimplementedFileMode",
            "IncompleteRead", "InvalidURL", "ImproperConnectionState",
@@ -1166,118 +1166,6 @@
         self.sock = FakeSocket(sock, ssl)
 
 
-class HTTP:
-    "Compatibility class with httplib.py from 1.5."
-
-    _http_vsn = 10
-    _http_vsn_str = 'HTTP/1.0'
-
-    debuglevel = 0
-
-    _connection_class = HTTPConnection
-
-    def __init__(self, host='', port=None, strict=None):
-        "Provide a default host, since the superclass requires one."
-
-        # some joker passed 0 explicitly, meaning default port
-        if port == 0:
-            port = None
-
-        # Note that we may pass an empty string as the host; this will throw
-        # an error when we attempt to connect. Presumably, the client code
-        # will call connect before then, with a proper host.
-        self._setup(self._connection_class(host, port, strict))
-
-    def _setup(self, conn):
-        self._conn = conn
-
-        # set up delegation to flesh out interface
-        self.send = conn.send
-        self.putrequest = conn.putrequest
-        self.endheaders = conn.endheaders
-        self.set_debuglevel = conn.set_debuglevel
-
-        conn._http_vsn = self._http_vsn
-        conn._http_vsn_str = self._http_vsn_str
-
-        self.file = None
-
-    def connect(self, host=None, port=None):
-        "Accept arguments to set the host/port, since the superclass doesn't."
-
-        if host is not None:
-            self._conn._set_hostport(host, port)
-        self._conn.connect()
-
-    def getfile(self):
-        "Provide a getfile, since the superclass' does not use this concept."
-        return self.file
-
-    def putheader(self, header, *values):
-        "The superclass allows only one value argument."
-        self._conn.putheader(header, '\r\n\t'.join(values))
-
-    def getreply(self):
-        """Compat definition since superclass does not define it.
-
-        Returns a tuple consisting of:
-        - server status code (e.g. '200' if all goes well)
-        - server "reason" corresponding to status code
-        - any RFC822 headers in the response from the server
-        """
-        try:
-            response = self._conn.getresponse()
-        except BadStatusLine as e:
-            # keep the socket open (as a file), and return it
-            self.file = self._conn.sock.makefile('rb', 0)
-
-            # close our socket -- we want to restart after any protocol error
-            self.close()
-
-            self.headers = None
-            return -1, e.line, None
-
-        self.headers = response.msg
-        self.file = response.fp
-        return response.status, response.reason, response.msg
-
-    def close(self):
-        self._conn.close()
-
-        # note that self.file == response.fp, which gets closed by the
-        # superclass. just clear the object ref here.
-        ### hmm. messy. if status==-1, then self.file is owned by us.
-        ### well... we aren't explicitly closing, but losing this ref will
-        ### do it
-        self.file = None
-
-if hasattr(socket, 'ssl'):
-    class HTTPS(HTTP):
-        """Compatibility with 1.5 httplib interface
-
-        Python 1.5.2 did not have an HTTPS class, but it defined an
-        interface for sending http requests that is also useful for
-        https.
-        """
-
-        _connection_class = HTTPSConnection
-
-        def __init__(self, host='', port=None, key_file=None, cert_file=None,
-                     strict=None):
-            # provide a default host, pass the X509 cert info
-
-            # urf. compensate for bad input.
-            if port == 0:
-                port = None
-            self._setup(self._connection_class(host, port, key_file,
-                                               cert_file, strict))
-
-            # we never actually use these for anything, but we keep them
-            # here for compatibility with post-1.5.2 CVS.
-            self.key_file = key_file
-            self.cert_file = cert_file
-
-
 class HTTPException(Exception):
     # Subclasses that define an __init__ must call Exception.__init__
     # or define self.args.  Otherwise, str() will fail.
@@ -1392,67 +1280,3 @@
             return L + self._file.readlines()
         else:
             return L + self._file.readlines(size)
-
-def test():
-    """Test this module.
-
-    A hodge podge of tests collected here, because they have too many
-    external dependencies for the regular test suite.
-    """
-
-    import sys
-    import getopt
-    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'd')
-    dl = 0
-    for o, a in opts:
-        if o == '-d': dl = dl + 1
-    host = 'www.python.org'
-    selector = '/'
-    if args[0:]: host = args[0]
-    if args[1:]: selector = args[1]
-    h = HTTP()
-    h.set_debuglevel(dl)
-    h.connect(host)
-    h.putrequest('GET', selector)
-    h.endheaders()
-    status, reason, headers = h.getreply()
-    print('status =', status)
-    print('reason =', reason)
-    print('read', len(h.getfile().read()))
-    print()
-    if headers:
-        for header in headers.headers: print(header.strip())
-    print()
-
-    # minimal test that code to extract host from url works
-    class HTTP11(HTTP):
-        _http_vsn = 11
-        _http_vsn_str = 'HTTP/1.1'
-
-    h = HTTP11('www.python.org')
-    h.putrequest('GET', 'http://www.python.org/~jeremy/')
-    h.endheaders()
-    h.getreply()
-    h.close()
-
-    if hasattr(socket, 'ssl'):
-
-        for host, selector in (('sourceforge.net', '/projects/python'),
-                               ):
-            print("https://%s%s" % (host, selector))
-            hs = HTTPS()
-            hs.set_debuglevel(dl)
-            hs.connect(host)
-            hs.putrequest('GET', selector)
-            hs.endheaders()
-            status, reason, headers = hs.getreply()
-            print('status =', status)
-            print('reason =', reason)
-            print("read", len(hs.getfile().read()))
-            print()
-            if headers:
-                for header in headers.headers: print(header.strip())
-            print()
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    test()