diff --git a/rtmp/rtmp.go b/rtmp/rtmp.go
index befa93ec..a9f715db 100644
--- a/rtmp/rtmp.go
+++ b/rtmp/rtmp.go
@@ -991,13 +991,8 @@ func writeN(r *C.RTMP, buffer unsafe.Pointer, n int) int {
 	for n > 0 {
 		var nBytes int
 
-		if (r.Link.protocol & RTMP_FEATURE_HTTP) != 0 {
-			// TODO: port HTTP_POST
-			nBytes = httpPost(r, RTMPT_SEND, (*byte)(ptr), n)
-		} else {
-			// TODO: port this if necessary
-			nBytes = int(sockBufSend(&r.m_sb, (*byte)(ptr), int32(n)))
-		}
+		// TODO: port this if necessary
+		nBytes = int(sockBufSend(&r.m_sb, (*byte)(ptr), int32(n)))
 
 		if nBytes < 0 {
 			if debugMode {
@@ -1033,31 +1028,6 @@ var RTMPT_cmds = []string{
 	"close",
 }
 
-func httpPost(r *C.RTMP, cmd C.RTMPTCmd, buf *byte, l int) int {
-	res := ""
-	if r.m_clientID.av_val != nil {
-		res = string(ptrToSlice(unsafe.Pointer(r.m_clientID.av_val),
-			int(r.m_clientID.av_len)))
-	}
-	fString := fmt.Sprintf("POST /%s%s/%d HTTP/1.1\r\n"+
-		"Host: %v:%d\r\n"+
-		"Accept: */*\r\n"+
-		"User-Agent: Shockwave Flash\r\n"+
-		"Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n"+
-		"Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n"+
-		"Content-type: application/x-fcs\r\n"+
-		"Content-length: %d\r\n\r\n", RTMPT_cmds[cmd], res, r.m_msgCounter,
-		r.Link.hostname.av_len, r.Link.hostname.av_val, r.Link.port, l)
-	hlen := len(fString)
-	hbuf := (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&(([]byte(fString))[0])))
-	// TODO: port this
-	sockBufSend(&r.m_sb, (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(hbuf)), int32(hlen))
-	hlen = int(sockBufSend(&r.m_sb, (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(buf)), int32(l)))
-	r.m_msgCounter++
-	r.m_unackd++
-	return hlen
-}
-
 func sockBufSend(sb *C.RTMPSockBuf, buf *byte, l int32) int32 {
 	return int32(C.send(sb.sb_socket, unsafe.Pointer(buf), C.size_t(l), 0))
 }
@@ -1091,7 +1061,7 @@ func sToUP(b []byte) unsafe.Pointer {
 	return unsafe.Pointer(&b[0])
 }
 
-// Creates a new C string from a go string
+// Creates a new C style string from a go string
 func goStrToCStr(str string) *byte {
 	l := len(str)
 	slice := make([]byte, l+1)