diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b68f197..8cf10a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ ibrowse is a HTTP client written in erlang.
 *  Asynchronous requests. Responses are streamed to a process
 *  Basic authentication
 *  Supports proxy authentication
-*  Supports socks5
 *  Can talk to secure webservers using SSL
 *  *Any other features in the code not listed here :)*
 
@@ -280,17 +279,3 @@ support this. Nor did www.google.com. But good old BBC supports this:
      {"Via","1.1 hatproxy01 (NetCache NetApp/5.6.2)"}],
     "TRACE / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: www.bbc.co.uk\r\nConnection: keep-alive\r\nX-Forwarded-For: 172.24.28.29\r\nVia: 1.1 hatproxy01 (NetCache NetApp/5.6.2)\r\nCookie: BBC-UID=7452e...\r\n\r\n"}
 ```
-
-A `GET` using a socks5:
-
-```erlang
-ibrowse:send_req("http://google.com", [], get, [],
-  [{socks5_host, "127.0.0.1"},
-  {socks5_port, 5335}]).
-
-ibrowse:send_req("http://google.com", [], get, [],
-  [{socks5_host, "127.0.0.1"},
-  {socks5_port, 5335},
-  {socks5_user, "user4321"},
-  {socks5_pass, "pass7654"}]).
-```
diff --git a/src/ibrowse_http_client.erl b/src/ibrowse_http_client.erl
index eef8b9f..822deb8 100644
--- a/src/ibrowse_http_client.erl
+++ b/src/ibrowse_http_client.erl
@@ -510,13 +510,7 @@ do_connect(Host, Port, Options, #state{is_ssl      = true,
            Timeout) ->
     ssl:connect(Host, Port, get_sock_options(Host, Options, SSLOptions), Timeout);
 do_connect(Host, Port, Options, _State, Timeout) ->
-    Socks5Host = get_value(socks5_host, Options, undefined),
-    case Socks5Host of
-      undefined ->
-        gen_tcp:connect(Host, Port, get_sock_options(Host, Options, []), Timeout);
-      _ ->
-        catch ibrowse_socks5:connect(Host, Port, Options)
-    end.
+    gen_tcp:connect(Host, Port, get_sock_options(Host, Options, []), Timeout).
 
 get_sock_options(Host, Options, SSLOptions) ->
     Caller_socket_options = get_value(socket_options, Options, []),
diff --git a/src/ibrowse_socks5.erl b/src/ibrowse_socks5.erl
deleted file mode 100644
index 41d57f2..0000000
--- a/src/ibrowse_socks5.erl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
--module(ibrowse_socks5).
-
--export([connect/3]).
-
--define(TIMEOUT, 2000).
-
--define(SOCKS5, 5).
--define(AUTH_METHOD_NO, 0).
--define(AUTH_METHOD_USERPASS, 2).
--define(ADDRESS_TYPE_IP4, 1).
--define(COMMAND_TYPE_TCPIP_STREAM, 1).
--define(RESERVER, 0).
--define(STATUS_GRANTED, 0).
-
-connect(Host, Port, Options) ->
-    Socks5Host = proplists:get_value(socks5_host, Options),
-    Socks5Port = proplists:get_value(socks5_port, Options),
-
-    {ok, Socket} = gen_tcp:connect(Socks5Host, Socks5Port, [binary, {packet, 0}, {keepalive, true}, {active, false}]),
-
-    {ok, _Bin} =
-    case proplists:get_value(socks5_user, Options, undefined) of
-        undefined ->
-            ok = gen_tcp:send(Socket, <<?SOCKS5, 1, ?AUTH_METHOD_NO>>),
-            {ok, <<?SOCKS5, ?AUTH_METHOD_NO>>} = gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 2, ?TIMEOUT);
-        _Else ->
-            Socks5User = list_to_binary(proplists:get_value(socks5_user, Options)),
-            Socks5Pass = list_to_binary(proplists:get_value(socks5_pass, Options)),
-
-            ok = gen_tcp:send(Socket, <<?SOCKS5, 1, ?AUTH_METHOD_USERPASS>>),
-            {ok, <<?SOCKS5, ?AUTH_METHOD_USERPASS>>} = gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 2, ?TIMEOUT),
-
-            UserLength = byte_size(Socks5User),
-
-            ok = gen_tcp:send(Socket, << 1, UserLength >>),
-            ok = gen_tcp:send(Socket, Socks5User),
-            PassLength = byte_size(Socks5Pass),
-            ok = gen_tcp:send(Socket, << PassLength >>),
-            ok = gen_tcp:send(Socket, Socks5Pass),
-            {ok, <<1, 0>>} = gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 2, ?TIMEOUT)
-    end,
-
-    {ok, {IP1,IP2,IP3,IP4}} = inet:getaddr(Host, inet),
-
-    ok = gen_tcp:send(Socket, <<?SOCKS5, ?COMMAND_TYPE_TCPIP_STREAM, ?RESERVER, ?ADDRESS_TYPE_IP4, IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, Port:16>>),
-    {ok, << ?SOCKS5, ?STATUS_GRANTED, ?RESERVER, ?ADDRESS_TYPE_IP4, IP1, IP2, IP3, IP4, Port:16 >>} = gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 10, ?TIMEOUT),
-    {ok, Socket}.