diff --git a/lib/Dancer2/Core/Request.pm b/lib/Dancer2/Core/Request.pm
index 7b3a16e3f..c224edc18 100644
--- a/lib/Dancer2/Core/Request.pm
+++ b/lib/Dancer2/Core/Request.pm
@@ -339,21 +339,8 @@ has body_is_parsed => (
     default => sub {0},
 );
 
-has is_behind_proxy => (
-    is      => 'rw',
-    isa     => Bool,
-    default => sub {0},
-);
-
 sub host {
-    my ($self) = @_;
-
-    if ( $self->is_behind_proxy ) {
-        my @hosts = split /\s*,\s*/, $self->env->{HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST}, 2;
-        return $hosts[0];
-    } else {
-        return $self->env->{'HTTP_HOST'};
-    }
+    return shift->env->{'HTTP_HOST'};
 }
 
 
@@ -427,26 +414,10 @@ Return the scheme of the request
 
 =cut
 
-
 sub scheme {
-    my ($self) = @_;
-    my $scheme;
-    if ( $self->is_behind_proxy ) {
-        # Note the 'HTTP_' prefix the PSGI spec adds to headers.
-        $scheme =
-             $self->env->{'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTOCOL'}
-          || $self->env->{'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'}
-          || $self->env->{'HTTP_FORWARDED_PROTO'}
-          || "";
-    }
-    return
-         $scheme
-      || $self->env->{'psgi.url_scheme'}
-      || $self->env->{'PSGI.URL_SCHEME'}
-      || "";
+    return $_[0]->env->{'psgi.url_scheme'} || "";
 }
 
-
 has serializer => (
     is        => 'ro',
     isa       => Maybe( ConsumerOf ['Dancer2::Core::Role::Serializer'] ),
diff --git a/t/request.t b/t/request.t
index da315f5fd..8294fab11 100644
--- a/t/request.t
+++ b/t/request.t
@@ -95,16 +95,6 @@ sub run_test {
         is $req->base, 'http://oddhostname:5000/foo';
     }
 
-    note "testing behind proxy"; {
-        my $req = Dancer2::Core::Request->new(
-            env             => $env,
-            is_behind_proxy => 1
-        );
-        is $req->secure, 1;
-        is $req->host,   $env->{HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST};
-        is $req->scheme, 'https';
-    }
-
     note "testing path, dispatch_path and uri_base"; {
         # Base env used for path, dispatch_path and uri_base tests
         my $base = {