diff --git a/client/electrum b/client/electrum
index 7b3060b9..079259a1 100755
--- a/client/electrum
+++ b/client/electrum
@@ -46,19 +46,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     interface = Interface()
     wallet = Wallet(interface)
     wallet.set_path(options.wallet_path)
-
-    if options.remote_url:
-        m = re.match('^(.*?)@(.*?)$', options.remote_url)
-        # header authentication is not supported
-        if m:
-            wallet.remote_url = 'http://'+m.group(2)
-            wallet.remote_password = m.group(1)
-        else:
-            print "bad url"
-            sys.exit(1)
-    else:
-        wallet.remote_url = None
-    
+    wallet.remote_url = options.remote_url
 
     if len(args)==0:
         url = None
diff --git a/client/wallet.py b/client/wallet.py
index f8ac74e4..b36962cb 100644
--- a/client/wallet.py
+++ b/client/wallet.py
@@ -491,13 +491,13 @@ class Wallet:
     def get_remote_number(self):
         import jsonrpclib
         server = jsonrpclib.Server(self.remote_url)
-        out = server.getnum(self.remote_password)
+        out = server.getnum()
         return out
 
     def get_remote_mpk(self):
         import jsonrpclib
         server = jsonrpclib.Server(self.remote_url)
-        out = server.getkey(self.remote_password)
+        out = server.getkey()
         return out
 
     def is_found(self):