diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index ef33424..3e6a8b0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate tracing;
 
-use hyper::header::{HeaderMap, HeaderName, HeaderValue, HOST};
+use hyper::header::{HeaderMap, HeaderName, HeaderValue};
 use hyper::http::header::{InvalidHeaderValue, ToStrError};
 use hyper::http::uri::InvalidUri;
 use hyper::upgrade::OnUpgrade;
@@ -225,10 +225,6 @@ fn create_proxied_request<B>(
 
     debug!("Setting headers of proxied request");
 
-    request
-        .headers_mut()
-        .insert(HOST, HeaderValue::from_str(uri.host().unwrap())?);
-
     *request.uri_mut() = uri;
 
     remove_hop_headers(request.headers_mut());