Index: http-support.c
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--- http-support.c	(revision 5147)
+++ http-support.c	(working copy)
@@ -1014,21 +1014,6 @@
         *host = '\0';
         return (HTTP_URI_BAD_HOSTNAME);
       }
-
-     /*
-      * Validate value...
-      */
-
-      for (ptr = host; *ptr; ptr ++)
-        if (!strchr("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
-		    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
-		    "0123456789"
-	            "-._~"
-		    "!$&'()*+,;=", *ptr))
-	{
-	  *host = '\0';
-	  return (HTTP_URI_BAD_HOSTNAME);
-	}
     }
 
    /*