diff --git a/pkg/geocode/geocode.go b/pkg/geocode/geocode.go
index 152545668..cca7a347f 100644
--- a/pkg/geocode/geocode.go
+++ b/pkg/geocode/geocode.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"camlistore.org/pkg/context"
-	"camlistore.org/pkg/httputil"
 	"camlistore.org/pkg/singleflight"
 )
 
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ func Lookup(ctx *context.Context, address string) ([]Rect, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		defer httputil.CloseBody(res.Body)
+		defer res.Body.Close()
 		rects, err := decodeGoogleResponse(res.Body)
 		log.Printf("Google geocode lookup (%q) = %#v, %v", address, rects, err)
 		if err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/googlestorage/googlestorage.go b/pkg/googlestorage/googlestorage.go
index c629755d1..c4b162013 100644
--- a/pkg/googlestorage/googlestorage.go
+++ b/pkg/googlestorage/googlestorage.go
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ import (
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"camlistore.org/pkg/blob"
-	"camlistore.org/pkg/httputil"
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 	"golang.org/x/oauth2"
@@ -308,7 +307,7 @@ func (gsa *Client) EnumerateObjects(bucket, after string, limit int) ([]SizedObj
 	var xres struct {
 		Contents []SizedObject
 	}
-	defer httputil.CloseBody(resp.Body)
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	if err = xml.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&xres); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/httputil/httputil.go b/pkg/httputil/httputil.go
index 6702d13fd..48712d897 100644
--- a/pkg/httputil/httputil.go
+++ b/pkg/httputil/httputil.go
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ func putBuf(b *bytes.Buffer) {
 // res.Body.
 // It defensively caps the JSON at 8 MB for now.
 func DecodeJSON(res *http.Response, dest interface{}) error {
-	defer CloseBody(res.Body)
+	defer res.Body.Close()
 	buf := getBuf()
 	defer putBuf(buf)
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(io.TeeReader(io.LimitReader(res.Body, 8<<20), buf)).Decode(dest); err != nil {
@@ -303,35 +303,6 @@ func DecodeJSON(res *http.Response, dest interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// CloseBody should be used to close an http.Response.Body.
-//
-// It does a final little Read to maybe see EOF (to trigger connection
-// re-use) before calling Close.
-func CloseBody(rc io.ReadCloser) {
-	// Go 1.2 pseudo-bug: the NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode never
-	// sees an EOF, so we have to do this 0-byte copy here to
-	// force the http Transport to see its own EOF and recycle the
-	// connection. In Go 1.1 at least, the Close would cause it to
-	// read to EOF and recycle the connection, but in Go 1.2, a
-	// Close before EOF kills the underlying TCP connection.
-	//
-	// Will hopefully be fixed in Go 1.3, at least for bodies with
-	// Content-Length.  Or maybe Go 1.3's Close itself would look
-	// to see if we're at EOF even if it hasn't been Read.
-
-	// TODO: use a bytepool package somewhere for this byte?
-	// Justification for 3 byte reads: two for up to "\r\n" after
-	// a JSON/XML document, and then 1 to see EOF if we haven't yet.
-	buf := make([]byte, 1)
-	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-		_, err := rc.Read(buf)
-		if err != nil {
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	rc.Close()
-}
-
 func IsWebsocketUpgrade(req *http.Request) bool {
 	return req.Method == "GET" && req.Header.Get("Upgrade") == "websocket"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/httputil/httputil_test.go b/pkg/httputil/httputil_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index da865c372..000000000
--- a/pkg/httputil/httputil_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2014 The Camlistore Authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package httputil
-
-import (
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-	"strconv"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestCloseBody(t *testing.T) {
-	const msg = "{\"foo\":\"bar\"}\r\n"
-	addrSeen := make(map[string]int)
-	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		addrSeen[r.RemoteAddr]++
-		w.Header().Set("Content-Length", strconv.Itoa(len(msg)))
-		w.WriteHeader(200)
-		w.Write([]byte(msg))
-	}))
-	defer ts.Close()
-
-	buf := make([]byte, len(msg))
-
-	for _, trim := range []int{0, 2} {
-		for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
-			res, err := http.Get(ts.URL)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Get: %v", err)
-				continue
-			}
-			want := len(buf) - trim
-			n, err := res.Body.Read(buf[:want])
-			CloseBody(res.Body)
-			if n != want {
-				t.Errorf("Read = %v; want %v", n, want)
-			}
-			if err != nil && err != io.EOF {
-				t.Errorf("Read = %v", err)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	if len(addrSeen) != 1 {
-		t.Errorf("server saw %d distinct client addresses; want 1", len(addrSeen))
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/importer/feed/feed.go b/pkg/importer/feed/feed.go
index fc337d610..e48dcb5f5 100644
--- a/pkg/importer/feed/feed.go
+++ b/pkg/importer/feed/feed.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func doGet(ctx *context.Context, url string) ([]byte, error) {
 		log.Printf("Error fetching %s: %v", url, err)
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer httputil.CloseBody(res.Body)
+	defer res.Body.Close()
 	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Get request on %s failed with: %s", url, res.Status)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/misc/amazon/s3/client.go b/pkg/misc/amazon/s3/client.go
index a7b44e95a..20cdc701d 100644
--- a/pkg/misc/amazon/s3/client.go
+++ b/pkg/misc/amazon/s3/client.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"camlistore.org/pkg/blob"
-	"camlistore.org/pkg/httputil"
 )
 
 const maxList = 1000
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ func (c *Client) Buckets() ([]*Bucket, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer httputil.CloseBody(res.Body)
+	defer res.Body.Close()
 	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("s3: Unexpected status code %d fetching bucket list", res.StatusCode)
 	}
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ func (c *Client) PutObject(key, bucket string, md5 hash.Hash, size int64, body i
 
 	res, err := c.transport().RoundTrip(req)
 	if res != nil && res.Body != nil {
-		defer httputil.CloseBody(res.Body)
+		defer res.Body.Close()
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -251,7 +250,7 @@ func (c *Client) ListBucket(bucket string, startAt string, maxKeys int) (items [
 					log.Print(err)
 				}
 			}
-			httputil.CloseBody(res.Body)
+			res.Body.Close()
 			if err != nil {
 				if try < maxTries-1 {
 					continue