diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index ef00e93023..1f0d7664d3 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ static int min_curl_sessions = 1;
 static int curl_session_count;
 static int max_requests = -1;
 static CURLM *curlm;
-#ifndef NO_CURL_EASY_DUPHANDLE
 static CURL *curl_default;
-#endif
 
 #define PREV_BUF_SIZE 4096
 
@@ -440,24 +438,8 @@ static void init_curl_http_auth(CURL *result)
 
 	credential_fill(&http_auth);
 
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071301
 	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USERNAME, http_auth.username);
 	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PASSWORD, http_auth.password);
-#else
-	{
-		static struct strbuf up = STRBUF_INIT;
-		/*
-		 * Note that we assume we only ever have a single set of
-		 * credentials in a given program run, so we do not have
-		 * to worry about updating this buffer, only setting its
-		 * initial value.
-		 */
-		if (!up.len)
-			strbuf_addf(&up, "%s:%s",
-				http_auth.username, http_auth.password);
-		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_USERPWD, up.buf);
-	}
-#endif
 }
 
 /* *var must be free-able */
@@ -471,22 +453,10 @@ static void var_override(const char **var, char *value)
 
 static void set_proxyauth_name_password(CURL *result)
 {
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071301
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERNAME,
 			proxy_auth.username);
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXYPASSWORD,
 			proxy_auth.password);
-#else
-		struct strbuf s = STRBUF_INIT;
-
-		strbuf_addstr_urlencode(&s, proxy_auth.username,
-					is_rfc3986_unreserved);
-		strbuf_addch(&s, ':');
-		strbuf_addstr_urlencode(&s, proxy_auth.password,
-					is_rfc3986_unreserved);
-		curl_proxyuserpwd = strbuf_detach(&s, NULL);
-		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXYUSERPWD, curl_proxyuserpwd);
-#endif
 }
 
 static void init_curl_proxy_auth(CURL *result)
@@ -748,7 +718,6 @@ void setup_curl_trace(CURL *handle)
 	curl_easy_setopt(handle, CURLOPT_DEBUGDATA, NULL);
 }
 
-#ifdef CURLPROTO_HTTP
 static long get_curl_allowed_protocols(int from_user)
 {
 	long allowed_protocols = 0;
@@ -764,7 +733,6 @@ static long get_curl_allowed_protocols(int from_user)
 
 	return allowed_protocols;
 }
-#endif
 
 #if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >=0x072f00
 static int get_curl_http_version_opt(const char *version_string, long *opt)
@@ -906,19 +874,11 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 	}
 
 	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS, 20);
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071301
 	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_POSTREDIR, CURL_REDIR_POST_ALL);
-#elif LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071101
-	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_POST301, 1);
-#endif
-#ifdef CURLPROTO_HTTP
 	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS,
 			 get_curl_allowed_protocols(0));
 	curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROTOCOLS,
 			 get_curl_allowed_protocols(-1));
-#else
-	warning(_("Protocol restrictions not supported with cURL < 7.19.4"));
-#endif
 	if (getenv("GIT_CURL_VERBOSE"))
 		http_trace_curl_no_data();
 	setup_curl_trace(result);
@@ -1012,11 +972,9 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 			die("Invalid proxy URL '%s'", curl_http_proxy);
 
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_PROXY, proxy_auth.host);
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM >= 0x071304
 		var_override(&curl_no_proxy, getenv("NO_PROXY"));
 		var_override(&curl_no_proxy, getenv("no_proxy"));
 		curl_easy_setopt(result, CURLOPT_NOPROXY, curl_no_proxy);
-#endif
 	}
 	init_curl_proxy_auth(result);
 
@@ -1147,9 +1105,7 @@ void http_init(struct remote *remote, const char *url, int proactive_auth)
 			ssl_cert_password_required = 1;
 	}
 
-#ifndef NO_CURL_EASY_DUPHANDLE
 	curl_default = get_curl_handle();
-#endif
 }
 
 void http_cleanup(void)
@@ -1167,9 +1123,7 @@ void http_cleanup(void)
 	}
 	active_queue_head = NULL;
 
-#ifndef NO_CURL_EASY_DUPHANDLE
 	curl_easy_cleanup(curl_default);
-#endif
 
 	curl_multi_cleanup(curlm);
 	curl_global_cleanup();
@@ -1248,11 +1202,7 @@ struct active_request_slot *get_active_slot(void)
 	}
 
 	if (slot->curl == NULL) {
-#ifdef NO_CURL_EASY_DUPHANDLE
-		slot->curl = get_curl_handle();
-#else
 		slot->curl = curl_easy_duphandle(curl_default);
-#endif
 		curl_session_count++;
 	}
 
diff --git a/http.h b/http.h
index cb092622a7..19f19dbe74 100644
--- a/http.h
+++ b/http.h
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_MAX_REQUESTS 5
 
-#if LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM == 0x071000
-#define NO_CURL_EASY_DUPHANDLE
-#endif
-
 /*
  * CURLOPT_USE_SSL was known as CURLOPT_FTP_SSL up to 7.16.4,
  * and the constants were known as CURLFTPSSL_*