diff --git a/scrapy/_monkeypatches.py b/scrapy/_monkeypatches.py
index 935c4bfa3..b68099cad 100644
--- a/scrapy/_monkeypatches.py
+++ b/scrapy/_monkeypatches.py
@@ -4,12 +4,7 @@ from six.moves import copyreg
 
 if six.PY2:
     from urlparse import urlparse
-
-    # workaround for https://bugs.python.org/issue7904 - Python < 2.7
-    if urlparse('s3://bucket/key').netloc != 'bucket':
-        from urlparse import uses_netloc
-        uses_netloc.append('s3')
-
+    
     # workaround for https://bugs.python.org/issue9374 - Python < 2.7.4
     if urlparse('s3://bucket/key?key=value').query != 'key=value':
         from urlparse import uses_query