diff --git a/helper/url/url.go b/helper/url/url.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 02497c254..000000000
--- a/helper/url/url.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package url
-
-import (
-	"net/url"
-)
-
-// Parse parses rawURL into a URL structure.
-// The rawURL may be relative or absolute.
-//
-// Parse is a wrapper for the Go stdlib net/url Parse function, but returns
-// Windows "safe" URLs on Windows platforms.
-func Parse(rawURL string) (*url.URL, error) {
-	return parse(rawURL)
-}
diff --git a/helper/url/url_test.go b/helper/url/url_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ce3226b4b..000000000
--- a/helper/url/url_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-package url
-
-import (
-	"runtime"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-type parseTest struct {
-	rawURL string
-	scheme string
-	host   string
-	path   string
-	str    string
-	err    bool
-}
-
-var parseTests = []parseTest{
-	{
-		rawURL: "/foo/bar",
-		scheme: "",
-		host:   "",
-		path:   "/foo/bar",
-		str:    "/foo/bar",
-		err:    false,
-	},
-	{
-		rawURL: "file:///dir/",
-		scheme: "file",
-		host:   "",
-		path:   "/dir/",
-		str:    "file:///dir/",
-		err:    false,
-	},
-}
-
-var winParseTests = []parseTest{
-	{
-		rawURL: `C:\`,
-		scheme: ``,
-		host:   ``,
-		path:   `C:/`,
-		str:    `C:/`,
-		err:    false,
-	},
-	{
-		rawURL: `file://C:\`,
-		scheme: `file`,
-		host:   ``,
-		path:   `C:/`,
-		str:    `file://C:/`,
-		err:    false,
-	},
-	{
-		rawURL: `file:///C:\`,
-		scheme: `file`,
-		host:   ``,
-		path:   `C:/`,
-		str:    `file://C:/`,
-		err:    false,
-	},
-}
-
-func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		parseTests = append(parseTests, winParseTests...)
-	}
-	for i, pt := range parseTests {
-		url, err := Parse(pt.rawURL)
-		if err != nil && !pt.err {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: unexpected error: %s", i, err)
-		}
-		if err == nil && pt.err {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: expected an error", i)
-		}
-		if url.Scheme != pt.scheme {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: expected Scheme = %q, got %q", i, pt.scheme, url.Scheme)
-		}
-		if url.Host != pt.host {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: expected Host = %q, got %q", i, pt.host, url.Host)
-		}
-		if url.Path != pt.path {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: expected Path = %q, got %q", i, pt.path, url.Path)
-		}
-		if url.String() != pt.str {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: expected url.String() = %q, got %q", i, pt.str, url.String())
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/helper/url/url_unix.go b/helper/url/url_unix.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ed1352a91..000000000
--- a/helper/url/url_unix.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// +build !windows
-
-package url
-
-import (
-	"net/url"
-)
-
-func parse(rawURL string) (*url.URL, error) {
-	return url.Parse(rawURL)
-}
diff --git a/helper/url/url_windows.go b/helper/url/url_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4655226f6..000000000
--- a/helper/url/url_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-package url
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"net/url"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-func parse(rawURL string) (*url.URL, error) {
-	// Make sure we're using "/" since URLs are "/"-based.
-	rawURL = filepath.ToSlash(rawURL)
-
-	u, err := url.Parse(rawURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if len(rawURL) > 1 && rawURL[1] == ':' {
-		// Assume we're dealing with a drive letter file path where the drive
-		// letter has been parsed into the URL Scheme, and the rest of the path
-		// has been parsed into the URL Path without the leading ':' character.
-		u.Path = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", string(rawURL[0]), u.Path)
-		u.Scheme = ""
-	}
-
-	if len(u.Host) > 1 && u.Host[1] == ':' && strings.HasPrefix(rawURL, "file://") {
-		// Assume we're dealing with a drive letter file path where the drive
-		// letter has been parsed into the URL Host.
-		u.Path = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", u.Host, u.Path)
-		u.Host = ""
-	}
-
-	// Remove leading slash for absolute file paths.
-	if len(u.Path) > 2 && u.Path[0] == '/' && u.Path[2] == ':' {
-		u.Path = u.Path[1:]
-	}
-
-	return u, err
-}