diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/PathFunctionFactory.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/PathFunctionFactory.java
index 6414e0d9..9688ebb8 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/PathFunctionFactory.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/PathFunctionFactory.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.function;
 
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.InvalidPathException;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.function.http.HttpLoader;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.function.json.Append;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.function.numeric.Average;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.function.numeric.Max;
@@ -42,9 +41,6 @@ public class PathFunctionFactory {
         // Text Functions
         map.put("concat", Concatenate.class);
 
-        // Network functions
-        map.put("getjson", HttpLoader.class);
-
         // JSON Entity Functions
         map.put("length", Length.class);
         map.put("size", Length.class);
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/http/HttpLoader.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/http/HttpLoader.java
deleted file mode 100644
index acf58f07..00000000
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/http/HttpLoader.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.function.http;
-
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.EvaluationContext;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.PathRef;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.function.Parameter;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.function.PathFunction;
-
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStreamReader;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.ProtocolException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- * Dirt simple http get method just to demo URL loading
- *
- * Created by mgreenwood on 12/11/15.
- */
-public class HttpLoader implements PathFunction {
-    @Override
-    public Object invoke(String currentPath, PathRef parent, Object model, EvaluationContext ctx, List<Parameter> parameters) {
-        if (parameters != null && parameters.size() == 1) {
-            try {
-                URL url = new URL(parameters.get(0).getCachedValue().toString());
-                HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
-                conn.setRequestMethod("GET");
-                BufferedReader rd = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream()));
-                String line;
-                StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer();
-                while ((line = rd.readLine()) != null) {
-                    result.append(line);
-                }
-                rd.close();
-                Object jsonResult = ctx.configuration().jsonProvider().parse(result.toString());
-                return jsonResult;
-            } catch (ProtocolException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/NestedFunctionTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/NestedFunctionTest.java
index bed77869..77226b4a 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/NestedFunctionTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/function/NestedFunctionTest.java
@@ -68,11 +68,6 @@ public class NestedFunctionTest extends BaseFunctionTest {
         verifyTextFunction(conf, "$.text.concat(\"-\", \"ghijk\")", "abcdef-ghijk");
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testLoadFunction() {
-        verifyTextFunction(conf, "$.getjson($.urls[0])[0].total", 264);
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void testAppendNumber() {
         verifyMathFunction(conf, "$.numbers.append(11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 0).avg()", 10.0);