diff --git a/README.mkd b/README.mkd
index 4179ce2be..6d95b86d8 100644
--- a/README.mkd
+++ b/README.mkd
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ Hacking
 The following components are needed if you plan to hack on mitmproxy:
 
 * The test suite uses the [nose](http://readthedocs.org/docs/nose/en/latest/) unit testing
-  framework and requires [human_curl](https://github.com/Lispython/human_curl),
-  [pathod](http://pathod.org) and [flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/).
+  framework and requires [pathod](http://pathod.org) and [flask](http://flask.pocoo.org/).
 * Rendering the documentation requires [countershape](http://github.com/cortesi/countershape).
 
diff --git a/test/tservers.py b/test/tservers.py
index 126923696..d405e745c 100644
--- a/test/tservers.py
+++ b/test/tservers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import threading, Queue
 import flask
-import human_curl as hurl
 import libpathod.test, libpathod.pathoc
 from libmproxy import proxy, flow, controller
 import tutils
@@ -205,14 +204,23 @@ class ReverseProxTest(ProxTestBase):
             )
         return d
 
-    def pathod(self, spec):
+    def pathoc(self, sni=None):
         """
-            Constructs a pathod request, with the appropriate base and proxy.
+            Returns a connected Pathoc instance.
         """
-        r = hurl.get(
-            "http://127.0.0.1:%s"%self.proxy.port + "/p/" + spec,
-            validate_cert=False,
-            #debug=hurl.utils.stdout_debug
-        )
-        return r
+        p = libpathod.pathoc.Pathoc("localhost", self.proxy.port, ssl=self.ssl, sni=sni)
+        p.connect()
+        return p
+
+    def pathod(self, spec, sni=None):
+        """
+            Constructs a pathod GET request, with the appropriate base and proxy.
+        """
+        if self.ssl:
+            p = self.pathoc(sni=sni)
+            q = "get:'/p/%s'"%spec
+        else:
+            p = self.pathoc()
+            q = "get:'/p/%s'"%spec
+        return p.request(q)