diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-api/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/BaseRepositoryImpl.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-api/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/BaseRepositoryImpl.java
index 997261a7b695..bedd3d3ae270 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-api/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/BaseRepositoryImpl.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-api/src/com/intellij/tasks/impl/BaseRepositoryImpl.java
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@ import com.intellij.tasks.config.TaskSettings;
 import com.intellij.util.net.HttpConfigurable;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.*;
 import org.apache.commons.httpclient.auth.AuthScope;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.contrib.ssl.EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.Protocol;
-import org.apache.commons.httpclient.protocol.ProtocolSocketFactory;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -21,14 +18,8 @@ import java.net.URLEncoder;
  * @author Dmitry Avdeev
  */
 public abstract class BaseRepositoryImpl extends BaseRepository {
-  public static final String EASY_HTTPS = "easyhttps";
-
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance(BaseRepositoryImpl.class);
 
-  static {
-    Protocol.registerProtocol(EASY_HTTPS, new Protocol(EASY_HTTPS, (ProtocolSocketFactory)new EasySSLProtocolSocketFactory(), 443));
-  }
-
   protected BaseRepositoryImpl() {
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/redmine/RedmineRepository.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/redmine/RedmineRepository.java
index 4678b46389ad..f01c46ecefa9 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/redmine/RedmineRepository.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-core/src/com/intellij/tasks/redmine/RedmineRepository.java
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public class RedmineRepository extends BaseRepositoryImpl {
   private HttpMethod doREST(String request, boolean post) throws Exception {
     final HttpClient client = getHttpClient();
     client.getParams().setContentCharset("UTF-8");
-    String uri = getUrl().replace("https://", EASY_HTTPS + "://") + request;
+    String uri = getUrl() + request;
     HttpMethod method = post ? new PostMethod(uri) : new GetMethod(uri);
     configureHttpMethod(method);
     client.executeMethod(method);