diff --git a/scrapyd/webservice.py b/scrapyd/webservice.py
index 637f807d7..c9fd782bf 100644
--- a/scrapyd/webservice.py
+++ b/scrapyd/webservice.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import cgi
 import traceback
 import uuid
 from cStringIO import StringIO
@@ -36,12 +35,9 @@ class Schedule(WsResource):
 class AddVersion(WsResource):
 
     def render_POST(self, txrequest):
-        ct = txrequest.requestHeaders.getRawHeaders('Content-Type')[0]
-        boundary = ct.split('boundary=', 1)[1]
-        d = cgi.parse_multipart(txrequest.content, {'boundary': boundary})
-        project = d['project'][0]
-        version = d['version'][0]
-        eggf = StringIO(d['egg'][0])
+        project = txrequest.args['project'][0]
+        version = txrequest.args['version'][0]
+        eggf = StringIO(txrequest.args['egg'][0])
         self.root.eggstorage.put(eggf, project, version)
         spiders = get_spider_list(project)
         self.root.update_projects()