diff --git a/include/crow/http_connection.h b/include/crow/http_connection.h
index 3757c52ba..1246fda8a 100644
--- a/include/crow/http_connection.h
+++ b/include/crow/http_connection.h
@@ -258,18 +258,6 @@ namespace crow
                 }
             }
 #endif
-            //if there is a redirection with a partial URL, treat the URL as a route.
-            std::string location = res.get_header_value("Location");
-            if (!location.empty() && location.find("://", 0) == std::string::npos)
-            {
-#ifdef CROW_ENABLE_SSL
-                if (handler_->ssl_used())
-                    location.insert(0, "https://" + req_.get_header_value("Host"));
-                else
-#endif
-                    location.insert(0, "http://" + req_.get_header_value("Host"));
-                res.set_header("location", location);
-            }
 
             prepare_buffers();
 
diff --git a/include/crow/routing.h b/include/crow/routing.h
index e19561332..279753060 100644
--- a/include/crow/routing.h
+++ b/include/crow/routing.h
@@ -1462,16 +1462,7 @@ namespace crow // NOTE: Already documented in "crow/app.h"
             {
                 CROW_LOG_INFO << "Redirecting to a url with trailing slash: " << req.url;
                 res = response(301);
-
-                // TODO(ipkn) absolute url building
-                if (req.get_header_value("Host").empty())
-                {
-                    res.add_header("Location", req.url + "/");
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    res.add_header("Location", (using_ssl ? "https://" : "http://") + req.get_header_value("Host") + req.url + "/");
-                }
+                res.add_header("Location", req.url + "/");
                 res.end();
                 return;
             }
@@ -1710,16 +1701,7 @@ namespace crow // NOTE: Already documented in "crow/app.h"
             {
                 CROW_LOG_INFO << "Redirecting to a url with trailing slash: " << req.url;
                 res = response(301);
-
-                // TODO(ipkn) absolute url building
-                if (req.get_header_value("Host").empty())
-                {
-                    res.add_header("Location", req.url + "/");
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    res.add_header("Location", (using_ssl ? "https://" : "http://") + req.get_header_value("Host") + req.url + "/");
-                }
+                res.add_header("Location", req.url + "/");
                 res.end();
                 return;
             }