diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
index a1826231a..b300d5547 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/transport/TransportHttp.java
@@ -795,21 +795,6 @@ public class TransportHttp extends HttpTransport implements WalkTransport,
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Open an HTTP connection, setting the accept-encoding request header to gzip.
-	 *
-	 * @param method HTTP request method
-	 * @param u url of the HTTP connection
-	 * @return the HTTP connection
-	 * @throws java.io.IOException
-	 * @since 3.3
-	 * @deprecated use {@link #httpOpen(String, URL, AcceptEncoding)} instead.
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	protected HttpConnection httpOpen(String method, URL u) throws IOException {
-		return httpOpen(method, u, AcceptEncoding.GZIP);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Open an HTTP connection.
 	 *