diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Request.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Request.scala
index 41d3b81e4b..a930ea5ed5 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Request.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zhttp/http/Request.scala
@@ -98,16 +98,10 @@ object Request {
     remoteAddress: Option[InetAddress] = None,
     data: HttpData = HttpData.Empty,
   ): Request = {
-    val hostHeaders = (url.host, url.port) match {
-      case (Some(name), None)           => Headers.host(name)
-      case (Some(name), Some(80 | 443)) => Headers.host(name)
-      case (Some(name), Some(port))     => Headers.host(s"${name}:${port}")
-      case _                            => Headers.empty
-    }
-    val m           = method
-    val u           = url
-    val h           = headers ++ hostHeaders
-    val ra          = remoteAddress
+    val m  = method
+    val u  = url
+    val h  = headers
+    val ra = remoteAddress
     new Request {
       override def method: Method                                 = m
       override def url: URL                                       = u
diff --git a/zio-http/src/test/scala/zhttp/http/RequestSpec.scala b/zio-http/src/test/scala/zhttp/http/RequestSpec.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c90a39710..0000000000
--- a/zio-http/src/test/scala/zhttp/http/RequestSpec.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package zhttp.http
-
-import zio.test.Assertion.{equalTo, isSome}
-import zio.test.{DefaultRunnableSpec, _}
-
-object RequestSpec extends DefaultRunnableSpec {
-  def spec = suite("Request") {
-    suite("host header") {
-      suite("without port") {
-        test("non-ssl add hostname") {
-          val url = URL.fromString("http://example.com").getOrElse(null)
-          val req = Request(url = url)
-          assert(req.getHost)(isSome(equalTo("example.com")))
-        } +
-          test("ssl add hostname") {
-            val url = URL.fromString("https://example.com").getOrElse(null)
-            val req = Request(url = url)
-            assert(req.getHost)(isSome(equalTo("example.com")))
-          }
-      } +
-        suite("add port") {
-          test("non-ssl with non-default port") {
-            val url = URL.fromString("http://example.com:8090").getOrElse(null)
-            val req = Request(url = url)
-            assert(req.getHost)(isSome(equalTo("example.com:8090")))
-          } +
-            test("non-ssl with default port") {
-              val url = URL.fromString("http://example.com:80").getOrElse(null)
-              val req = Request(url = url)
-              assert(req.getHost)(isSome(equalTo("example.com")))
-            } +
-            test("ssl with non-default port") {
-              val url = URL.fromString("https://example.com:8090").getOrElse(null)
-              val req = Request(url = url)
-              assert(req.getHost)(isSome(equalTo("example.com:8090")))
-            } +
-            test("ssl with default port") {
-              val url = URL.fromString("https://example.com:443").getOrElse(null)
-              val req = Request(url = url)
-              assert(req.getHost)(isSome(equalTo("example.com")))
-            }
-        }
-    }
-  }
-}