diff --git a/src/net/http/request.go b/src/net/http/request.go
index 1fdd8a4fc7..72261a1bd5 100644
--- a/src/net/http/request.go
+++ b/src/net/http/request.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptrace"
 	"net/textproto"
 	"net/url"
+	urlpkg "net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -850,7 +851,7 @@ func NewRequestWithContext(ctx context.Context, method, url string, body io.Read
 	if ctx == nil {
 		return nil, errors.New("net/http: nil Context")
 	}
-	u, err := parseURL(url) // Just url.Parse (url is shadowed for godoc).
+	u, err := urlpkg.Parse(url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/src/net/http/server.go b/src/net/http/server.go
index f87e339dde..ff93e59bc0 100644
--- a/src/net/http/server.go
+++ b/src/net/http/server.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/textproto"
 	"net/url"
+	urlpkg "net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
@@ -2065,8 +2066,7 @@ func StripPrefix(prefix string, h Handler) Handler {
 // Setting the Content-Type header to any value, including nil,
 // disables that behavior.
 func Redirect(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, url string, code int) {
-	// parseURL is just url.Parse (url is shadowed for godoc).
-	if u, err := parseURL(url); err == nil {
+	if u, err := urlpkg.Parse(url); err == nil {
 		// If url was relative, make its path absolute by
 		// combining with request path.
 		// The client would probably do this for us,
@@ -2120,10 +2120,6 @@ func Redirect(w ResponseWriter, r *Request, url string, code int) {
 	}
 }
 
-// parseURL is just url.Parse. It exists only so that url.Parse can be called
-// in places where url is shadowed for godoc. See https://golang.org/cl/49930.
-var parseURL = url.Parse
-
 var htmlReplacer = strings.NewReplacer(
 	"&", "&",
 	"<", "&lt;",