diff --git a/lib/fog/aws.rb b/lib/fog/aws.rb
index b8cbee013..cdbd8abae 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws.rb
@@ -2,99 +2,84 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/aws/simpledb'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/aws/s3'
 
 require 'rubygems'
-require 'eventmachine'
+require 'openssl'
+require 'socket'
 require 'uri'
 
 module Fog
   module AWS
-    class Connection < EventMachine::Connection
-      attr_accessor :scheme
-      attr_reader :request
+    class Connection
 
-      def post_init
-        @connected = EM::DefaultDeferrable.new
+      def initialize(url)
+        @uri = URI.parse(url)
+        @connection = TCPSocket.open(@uri.host, @uri.port)
+        if @uri.scheme == 'https'
+          @ssl_context = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
+          @ssl_context.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+          @connection = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(@connection, @ssl_context)
+          @connection.sync_close = true
+          @connection.connect
+        end
       end
 
-      def connection_completed
-        start_tls if @scheme == 'https'
-        @connected.succeed
-      end
-
-      def send(request)
-        @request = request
-        @connected.callback { @request.execute }
-        @request
-      end
-
-      def receive_data(data)
-        p data
-        @request.receive_data(data)
-      end
-
-    end
-
-    class Request
-      include EventMachine::Deferrable
-
-      attr_accessor :body, :headers, :method, :parser, :url
-      attr_reader :response
-
-      def initialize(connection)
-        @connection = connection
-        @headers ||= {}
-        @response ||= Fog::AWS::Response.new
-      end
-
-      def execute
-        uri = URI.parse(@url)
-        path  = "#{uri.path}"
+      def request(params)
+        params = {
+          :headers => {}
+        }.merge(params)
+        uri = URI.parse(params[:url])
+        path = "#{uri.path}"
         path << "?#{uri.query}" if uri.query
-        host  = "#{uri.host}"
-        host << ":#{uri.port}" unless uri.port == 80
-        @headers.merge!({'Host' => host})
-        request  = "#{method} #{path} HTTP/1.1\r\n"
-        for key, value in headers
+        host = "#{uri.host}"
+        host << ":#{uri.port}" if uri.scheme == "http" && uri.port != 80
+        host << ":#{uri.port}" if uri.scheme == "https" && uri.port != 443
+
+        request = "#{params[:method]} #{path} HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+        params[:headers]['Host'] = uri.host
+        params[:headers]['Content-Length'] = (params[:body].length) if params[:body]
+        for key, value in params[:headers]
           request << "#{key}: #{value}\r\n"
         end
-        request << "\r\n#{@body}" if @body
         request << "\r\n"
-        p request
-        @connection.send_data(request)
+        request << params[:body] if params[:body]
+        @connection.write(request)
+
+        response = AWS::Response.new
+        @connection.readline =~ /\AHTTP\/1.1 ([\d]{3})/
+        response.status = $1.to_i
+        while true
+          data = @connection.readline
+          break if data == "\r\n"
+          if header = data.match(/(.*):\s(.*)\r\n/)
+            response.headers[header[1]] = header[2]
+          end
+        end
+        if response.headers['Content-Length']
+          content_length = response.headers['Content-Length'].to_i
+          response.body << @connection.read(content_length)
+        elsif response.headers['Transfer-Encoding'] == 'chunked'
+          while true
+            @connection.readline =~ /([a-f0-9]*)\r\n/i
+            chunk_size = $1.to_i(16) + 2  # 2 = "/r/n".length
+            response.body << @connection.read(chunk_size)
+            break if $1.to_i(16) == 0
+          end
+        end
+        response
       end
 
-      def receive_data(data)
-        p data
-        unless @data
-          if data =~ /\AHTTP\/1\.[01] ([\d]{3})/
-            @response.status = $1.to_i
-          else
-            @response.status = 0
-          end
-          @headers, @data = data.split("\r\n\r\n")
-          for header in @headers.split("\r\n")
-            if data = header.match(/(.*):\s(.*)/)
-              @response.headers[data[1]] = data[2]
-            end
-          end
-          if @parser && @data
-            Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Parser.new(@parser).parse(@data.split(/<\?xml.*\?>/)[1])
-            @response.body = @parser.response
-          elsif @data
-            @response.body = @data
-          end
-          set_deferred_status(:succeeded, self)
-          EventMachine.stop_event_loop
-        end
-      end
     end
 
     class Response
+
       attr_accessor :status, :headers, :body
 
       def initialize
+        @body = ''
         @headers = {}
       end
+
     end
 
+
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/s3.rb b/lib/fog/aws/s3.rb
index e124adab7..8748a9b08 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/s3.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/s3.rb
@@ -36,13 +36,7 @@ module Fog
         @host       = options[:host]      || 's3.amazonaws.com'
         @port       = options[:port]      || 443
         @scheme     = options[:scheme]    || 'https'
-
-        EventMachine::run {
-          @connection = EventMachine.connect(@host, @port, Fog::AWS::Connection) {|connection|
-            connection.scheme = @scheme
-          }
-          EventMachine.stop_event_loop
-        }
+        @connection = AWS::Connection.new("#{@scheme}://#{@host}:#{@port}")
       end
 
       # List information about S3 buckets for authorized user
@@ -246,7 +240,7 @@ module Fog
         metadata
       end
 
-      def request(method, url, parser, headers = {}, data = nil)
+      def request(method, url, parser, headers = {}, body = nil)
         uri = URI.parse(url)
         headers['Date'] = Time.now.utc.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000")
         params = [
@@ -262,22 +256,18 @@ module Fog
         signature = Base64.encode64(hmac.digest).strip
         headers['Authorization'] = "AWS #{@aws_access_key_id}:#{signature}"
 
-        response = nil
-        EventMachine::run {
-          http = EventMachine.connect(@host, @port, Fog::AWS::Connection) {|connection|
-            connection.scheme = @scheme
-          }
+        response = @connection.request({
+          :body => body,
+          :headers => headers,
+          :method => method,
+          :url => url
+        })
 
-          request = Fog::AWS::Request.new(http)
-          request.body = data
-          request.headers = headers
-          request.method = method
-          request.parser = parser
-          request.url = url
-          http.send(request)
+        if parser && !response.body.empty?
+          Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Parser.new(parser).parse(response.body.split(/<\?xml.*\?>/)[1])
+          response.body = parser.response
+        end
 
-          request.callback {|request| response = request.response}
-        }
         response
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/fog/aws/simpledb.rb b/lib/fog/aws/simpledb.rb
index 914448907..02bae7a9c 100644
--- a/lib/fog/aws/simpledb.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/aws/simpledb.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ module Fog
         @nil_string = options[:nil_string]|| 'nil'
         @port       = options[:port]      || 443
         @scheme     = options[:scheme]    || 'https'
+        @connection = AWS::Connection.new("#{@scheme}://#{@host}:#{@port}")
       end
 
       # Create a SimpleDB domain
@@ -295,24 +296,20 @@ module Fog
         # FIXME: use 'POST' for larger requests
         # method = query.length > 2000 ? 'POST' : 'GET'
         method = 'GET'
-        string_to_sign = "#{method}\n#{@host + (@port == 80 ? "" : ":#{@port}")}\n/\n" << query.chop
+        string_to_sign = "#{method}\n#{@host}\n/\n" << query.chop
         hmac = @hmac.update(string_to_sign)
         query << "Signature=#{CGI.escape(Base64.encode64(hmac.digest).strip).gsub(/\+/, '%20')}"
 
-        response = nil
-        EventMachine::run {
-          http = EventMachine.connect(@host, @port, Fog::AWS::Connection) {|connection|
-            connection.scheme = @scheme
-          }
+        response = @connection.request({
+          :method => method,
+          :url => "#{@scheme}://#{@host}:#{@port}/#{method == 'GET' ? "?#{query}" : ""}"
+        })
 
-          request = Fog::AWS::Request.new(http)
-          request.method = method
-          request.parser = parser
-          request.url = "#{@scheme}://#{@host}:#{@port}/#{method == 'GET' ? "?#{query}" : ""}"
-          http.send(request)
+        if parser && !response.body.empty?
+          Nokogiri::XML::SAX::Parser.new(parser).parse(response.body.split(/<\?xml.*\?>/)[1])
+          response.body = parser.response
+        end
 
-          request.callback {|http| response = request.response}
-        }
         response
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/aws/s3/get_service_spec.rb b/spec/aws/s3/get_service_spec.rb
index 54e630fed..dd67d2490 100644
--- a/spec/aws/s3/get_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/aws/s3/get_service_spec.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe 'S3.get_service' do
   end
 
   it 'should include foggetservice in get_service' do
-    lambda { s3.get_service }.should eventually { |expected| expected.body[:buckets].collect { |bucket| bucket[:name] }.should include('list_domains') }
+    lambda { s3.get_service }.should eventually { |expected| expected.body[:buckets].collect { |bucket| bucket[:name] }.should include('foggetservice') }
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index f4ab9bdd8..73ba301bf 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'lib'))
 require 'fog'
 
 Spec::Runner.configure do |config|
-  
 end
 
 require 'fog/aws'