diff --git a/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js b/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js
index b2530e51c..2818bf0ef 100644
--- a/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js
+++ b/lib/node-http-proxy/http-proxy.js
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ var HttpProxy = exports.HttpProxy = function (options) {
   this.source.https = this.source.https    || options.https;
   this.emulateModProxy = options.emulateModProxy || false;
   this.changeOrigin = options.changeOrigin || this.emulateModProxy;
-  this.rewriteRedirects = options.rewriteRedirects || this.emulateModProxy;
 };
 
 // Inherit from events.EventEmitter
@@ -258,29 +257,6 @@ HttpProxy.prototype.proxyRequest = function (req, res, buffer) {
       if (self.source.https && !self.target.https) {
         response.headers.location = response.headers.location.replace(/^http\:/, 'https:');
       }
-
-      if(self.rewriteRedirects) {
-        ['location', 'content-location', 'uri'].forEach(function(key){
-          if(!response.headers.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-            return;
-          }
-          var location = response.headers[key];
-
-          if (location.match(/^http[s]?\:/)) {
-            var srcPath = self.source.pathname || '';
-            location = location.replace(self.target.host + ':' + self.target.port, self.source.host  + ":" +  self.source.port + srcPath);
-          } else if (self.source.pathname && self.source.pathname != '/') {
-
-            if (location[0] != '/') {
-              location = '/' + location;
-            }
-
-            location = self.source.pathname + location;
-          }
-
-          response.headers[key] = location;
-        });
-     }
     }
 
     // Set the headers of the client response
diff --git a/lib/node-http-proxy/routing-proxy.js b/lib/node-http-proxy/routing-proxy.js
index 9335e29be..4adaa32fc 100644
--- a/lib/node-http-proxy/routing-proxy.js
+++ b/lib/node-http-proxy/routing-proxy.js
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ var RoutingProxy = exports.RoutingProxy = function (options) {
   this.forward = options.forward;
   this.emulateModProxy = options.emulateModProxy || false;
   this.changeOrigin = options.changeOrigin || this.emulateModProxy;
-  this.rewriteRedirects = options.rewriteRedirects || this.emulateModProxy;
 
   //
   // Listen for 'newListener' events so that we can bind 'proxyError'
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ RoutingProxy.prototype.add = function (options) {
   // Setup options to pass-thru to the new `HttpProxy` instance
   // for the specified `options.host` and `options.port` pair.
   //
-  ['https', 'enable', 'forward', 'emulateModProxy', 'changeOrigin', 'rewriteRedirects'].forEach(function (key) {
+  ['https', 'enable', 'forward', 'emulateModProxy', 'changeOrigin'].forEach(function (key) {
     if (options[key] !== false && self[key]) {
       options[key] = self[key];
     }