diff -ur gvfs-1.4.0-orig/configure gvfs-1.4.0/configure
--- gvfs-1.4.0-orig/configure	2009-09-21 16:33:27.000000000 +0200
+++ gvfs-1.4.0/configure	2009-10-18 13:28:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -17056,8 +17056,8 @@
 
 if test "x$enable_http" != "xno"; then
   if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
-    { ($as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libsoup-gnome-2.4 >= 2.25.1\"") >&5
-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libsoup-gnome-2.4 >= 2.25.1") 2>&5
+    { ($as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libsoup-2.4 >= 2.25.1\"") >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libsoup-2.4 >= 2.25.1") 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; then
@@ -17074,12 +17074,12 @@
     pkg_cv_HTTP_CFLAGS="$HTTP_CFLAGS"
  elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
     if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
-    { ($as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libsoup-gnome-2.4 libxml-2.0\"") >&5
-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libsoup-gnome-2.4 libxml-2.0") 2>&5
+    { ($as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0\"") >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0") 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; then
-  pkg_cv_HTTP_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "libsoup-gnome-2.4 libxml-2.0" 2>/dev/null`
+  pkg_cv_HTTP_CFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0" 2>/dev/null`
 else
   pkg_failed=yes
 fi
@@ -17090,12 +17090,12 @@
     pkg_cv_HTTP_LIBS="$HTTP_LIBS"
  elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
     if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \
-    { ($as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libsoup-gnome-2.4 libxml-2.0\"") >&5
-  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libsoup-gnome-2.4 libxml-2.0") 2>&5
+    { ($as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0\"") >&5
+  ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0") 2>&5
   ac_status=$?
   $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
   (exit $ac_status); }; then
-  pkg_cv_HTTP_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "libsoup-gnome-2.4 libxml-2.0" 2>/dev/null`
+  pkg_cv_HTTP_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0" 2>/dev/null`
 else
   pkg_failed=yes
 fi
@@ -17113,14 +17113,14 @@
         _pkg_short_errors_supported=no
 fi
         if test $_pkg_short_errors_supported = yes; then
-	        HTTP_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --print-errors "libsoup-gnome-2.4 libxml-2.0" 2>&1`
+	        HTTP_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --short-errors --print-errors "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0" 2>&1`
         else
-	        HTTP_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --print-errors "libsoup-gnome-2.4 libxml-2.0" 2>&1`
+	        HTTP_PKG_ERRORS=`$PKG_CONFIG --print-errors "libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0" 2>&1`
         fi
 	# Put the nasty error message in config.log where it belongs
 	echo "$HTTP_PKG_ERRORS" >&5
 
-	{ { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: Package requirements (libsoup-gnome-2.4 libxml-2.0) were not met:
+	{ { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: Package requirements (libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0) were not met:
 
 $HTTP_PKG_ERRORS
 
@@ -17131,7 +17131,7 @@
 and HTTP_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
 See the pkg-config man page for more details.
 " >&5
-$as_echo "$as_me: error: Package requirements (libsoup-gnome-2.4 libxml-2.0) were not met:
+$as_echo "$as_me: error: Package requirements (libsoup-2.4 libxml-2.0) were not met:
 
 $HTTP_PKG_ERRORS
 
diff -ur gvfs-1.4.0-orig/daemon/gvfsbackendhttp.c gvfs-1.4.0/daemon/gvfsbackendhttp.c
--- gvfs-1.4.0-orig/daemon/gvfsbackendhttp.c	2009-04-20 12:41:37.000000000 +0200
+++ gvfs-1.4.0/daemon/gvfsbackendhttp.c	2009-10-18 13:28:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <gio/gio.h>
 
-#include <libsoup/soup-gnome.h>
+#include <libsoup/soup.h>
 #include "gvfsbackendhttp.h"
 #include "gvfsjobopenforread.h"
 #include "gvfsjobread.h"
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@
 g_vfs_backend_http_init (GVfsBackendHttp *backend)
 {
   const char         *debug;
-  SoupSessionFeature *proxy_resolver;
 
   g_vfs_backend_set_user_visible (G_VFS_BACKEND (backend), FALSE);  
 
@@ -92,12 +91,6 @@
                                                                 "gvfs/" VERSION,
                                                                 NULL);
 
-  /* Proxy handling */
-  proxy_resolver = g_object_new (SOUP_TYPE_PROXY_RESOLVER_GNOME, NULL);
-  soup_session_add_feature (backend->session, proxy_resolver);
-  soup_session_add_feature (backend->session_async, proxy_resolver);
-  g_object_unref (proxy_resolver);
-
   /* Logging */
   debug = g_getenv ("GVFS_HTTP_DEBUG");
   if (debug)