diff --git a/mitmproxy/flow/export.py b/mitmproxy/flow/export.py
index 1d9a0b27c..5ef358ca8 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/flow/export.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/flow/export.py
@@ -97,11 +97,6 @@ def python_code(flow):
     return code
 
 
-def raw_request(flow):
-    data = netlib.http.http1.assemble_request(flow.request)
-    return _native(data)
-
-
 def is_json(headers, content):
     # type: (netlib.http.Headers, bytes) -> bool
     if headers:
@@ -202,7 +197,6 @@ def locust_task(flow):
 EXPORTERS = [
     ("as curl command", "c", curl_command),
     ("as python code", "p", python_code),
-    ("as raw request", "r", raw_request),
     ("as locust code", "l", locust_code),
     ("as locust task", "t", locust_task),
 ]
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/test_flow_export.py b/test/mitmproxy/test_flow_export.py
index e6d65e406..41089a643 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/test_flow_export.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/test_flow_export.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from textwrap import dedent
 import re
 
 import netlib.tutils
@@ -70,41 +69,6 @@ class TestExportPythonCode():
         python_equals("data/test_flow_export/python_patch.py", export.python_code(flow))
 
 
-class TestRawRequest():
-    def test_get(self):
-        flow = tutils.tflow(req=req_get())
-        result = dedent("""
-            GET /path?a=foo&a=bar&b=baz HTTP/1.1\r
-            header: qvalue\r
-            content-length: 7\r
-            host: address:22\r
-            \r
-        """).strip(" ").lstrip()
-        assert export.raw_request(flow) == result
-
-    def test_post(self):
-        flow = tutils.tflow(req=req_post())
-        result = dedent("""
-            POST /path HTTP/1.1\r
-            host: address:22\r
-            \r
-            content
-        """).strip()
-        assert export.raw_request(flow) == result
-
-    def test_patch(self):
-        flow = tutils.tflow(req=req_patch())
-        result = dedent("""
-            PATCH /path?query=param HTTP/1.1\r
-            header: qvalue\r
-            content-length: 7\r
-            host: address:22\r
-            \r
-            content
-        """).strip()
-        assert export.raw_request(flow) == result
-
-
 class TestExportLocustCode():
     def test_get(self):
         flow = tutils.tflow(req=req_get())