diff --git a/source/net/yacy/http/ProxyCacheHandler.java b/source/net/yacy/http/ProxyCacheHandler.java
index 5a369c545..5120b48a8 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/http/ProxyCacheHandler.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/http/ProxyCacheHandler.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class ProxyCacheHandler extends AbstractRemoteHandler implements Handler
             ResponseHeader cachedResponseHeader = Cache.getResponseHeader(url.hash());
 
             if (cachedResponseHeader != null) {
-                RequestHeader proxyHeaders = YaCyDefaultServlet.convertHeaderFromJetty(request);
+                RequestHeader proxyHeaders = ProxyHandler.convertHeaderFromJetty(request);
                 // TODO: this convertion is only necessary
                 final net.yacy.crawler.retrieval.Request yacyRequest = new net.yacy.crawler.retrieval.Request(
                         null,
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/http/ProxyHandler.java b/source/net/yacy/http/ProxyHandler.java
index 3b48f187b..7dcfc438b 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/http/ProxyHandler.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/http/ProxyHandler.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -43,10 +44,9 @@ import net.yacy.cora.protocol.HeaderFramework;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.ResponseHeader;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.http.HTTPClient;
-import net.yacy.document.TextParser;
 import net.yacy.crawler.data.Cache;
 import net.yacy.crawler.retrieval.Response;
-import net.yacy.http.servlets.YaCyDefaultServlet;
+import net.yacy.document.TextParser;
 import net.yacy.server.http.HTTPDProxyHandler;
 import net.yacy.server.http.MultiOutputStream;
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class ProxyHandler extends AbstractRemoteHandler implements Handler {
 		
 		sb.proxyLastAccess = System.currentTimeMillis();
         
-        RequestHeader proxyHeaders = YaCyDefaultServlet.convertHeaderFromJetty(request);
+        RequestHeader proxyHeaders = ProxyHandler.convertHeaderFromJetty(request);
         setProxyHeaderForClient(request, proxyHeaders);
 
         final HTTPClient client = new HTTPClient(ClientIdentification.yacyProxyAgent);
@@ -227,7 +227,27 @@ public class ProxyHandler extends AbstractRemoteHandler implements Handler {
         logProxyAccess(request);
         baseRequest.setHandled(true);
 	}
-       
+
+    /**
+     * Convert ServletRequest header to modifiable YaCy RequestHeader
+     *
+     * @param request ServletRequest
+     * @return RequestHeader created from ServletRequest
+     */
+    public static RequestHeader convertHeaderFromJetty(HttpServletRequest request) {
+        RequestHeader result = new RequestHeader();
+        Enumeration<String> headerNames = request.getHeaderNames();
+        while (headerNames.hasMoreElements()) {
+            String headerName = headerNames.nextElement();
+            Enumeration<String> headers = request.getHeaders(headerName);
+            while (headers.hasMoreElements()) {
+                String header = headers.nextElement();
+                result.add(headerName, header);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * adds specific header elements for the connection of the internal
      * httpclient to the remote server according to local config
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/UrlProxyServlet.java b/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/UrlProxyServlet.java
index bdddc4002..451a63a83 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/UrlProxyServlet.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/UrlProxyServlet.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import net.yacy.cora.protocol.HeaderFramework;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.ResponseHeader;
 import net.yacy.cora.util.ConcurrentLog;
+import net.yacy.http.ProxyHandler;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.util.FileUtils;
 import net.yacy.search.Switchboard;
 import net.yacy.server.http.ChunkedInputStream;
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ public class UrlProxyServlet extends HttpServlet implements Servlet {
             hostwithport += ":" + proxyurl.getPort();
         }
         // 4 - get target url
-        RequestHeader yacyRequestHeader = YaCyDefaultServlet.convertHeaderFromJetty(request);
+        RequestHeader yacyRequestHeader = ProxyHandler.convertHeaderFromJetty(request);
         yacyRequestHeader.remove(RequestHeader.KEEP_ALIVE);
         yacyRequestHeader.remove(HeaderFramework.CONTENT_LENGTH);
         
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/YaCyDefaultServlet.java b/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/YaCyDefaultServlet.java
index cf2aa2b39..364d48865 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/YaCyDefaultServlet.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/YaCyDefaultServlet.java
@@ -675,27 +675,6 @@ public class YaCyDefaultServlet extends HttpServlet  {
     protected Object invokeServlet(final File targetClass, final RequestHeader request, final serverObjects args) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
         return rewriteMethod(targetClass).invoke(null, new Object[]{request, args, Switchboard.getSwitchboard()}); // add switchboard
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Convert ServletRequest header to YaCy RequestHeader
-     * @param request ServletRequest
-     * @return RequestHeader created from ServletRequest
-     * @deprecated use RequestHeader(HttpServletRequest); but .remove(key) can't be used after switch to new instance
-     */
-    @Deprecated // TODO: only used for proxy, should be handled there
-    public static RequestHeader convertHeaderFromJetty(HttpServletRequest request) {
-        RequestHeader result = new RequestHeader();
-        Enumeration<String> headerNames = request.getHeaderNames();
-        while (headerNames.hasMoreElements()) {
-            String headerName = headerNames.nextElement();
-            Enumeration<String> headers = request.getHeaders(headerName);
-            while (headers.hasMoreElements()) {
-                String header = headers.nextElement();
-                result.add(headerName, header);
-            }
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
     
     /**
      * Returns the URL base for this peer, determined from request HTTP header "Host" when present. Use this when absolute URL rendering is required, 
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/YaCyProxyServlet.java b/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/YaCyProxyServlet.java
index 7591a15b2..d6ed0014f 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/YaCyProxyServlet.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/http/servlets/YaCyProxyServlet.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import net.yacy.cora.protocol.HeaderFramework;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.RequestHeader;
 import net.yacy.cora.protocol.ResponseHeader;
 import net.yacy.cora.util.ConcurrentLog;
+import net.yacy.http.ProxyHandler;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.util.FileUtils;
 import net.yacy.search.Switchboard;
 import net.yacy.server.http.ChunkedInputStream;
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ public class YaCyProxyServlet extends HttpServlet implements Servlet {
         if (proxyurl.getPort() != -1) {
             hostwithport += ":" + proxyurl.getPort();
         }
-        RequestHeader yacyRequestHeader = YaCyDefaultServlet.convertHeaderFromJetty(request);
+        RequestHeader yacyRequestHeader = ProxyHandler.convertHeaderFromJetty(request);
         yacyRequestHeader.remove(RequestHeader.KEEP_ALIVE);
         yacyRequestHeader.remove(HeaderFramework.CONTENT_LENGTH);