diff --git a/builder/remotecontext/detect.go b/builder/remotecontext/detect.go
index 448782dcca..efac27f7ff 100644
--- a/builder/remotecontext/detect.go
+++ b/builder/remotecontext/detect.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerfile/parser"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerignore"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/fileutils"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/httputils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/symlink"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/urlutil"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ func newURLRemote(url string, dockerfilePath string, progressReader func(in io.R
 	var dockerfile io.ReadCloser
 	dockerfileFoundErr := errors.New("found-dockerfile")
 	c, err := MakeRemoteContext(url, map[string]func(io.ReadCloser) (io.ReadCloser, error){
-		httputils.MimeTypes.TextPlain: func(rc io.ReadCloser) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+		mimeTypes.TextPlain: func(rc io.ReadCloser) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 			dockerfile = rc
 			return nil, dockerfileFoundErr
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/httputils/mimetype.go b/builder/remotecontext/mimetype.go
similarity index 73%
rename from pkg/httputils/mimetype.go
rename to builder/remotecontext/mimetype.go
index abef9e9e83..083d609978 100644
--- a/pkg/httputils/mimetype.go
+++ b/builder/remotecontext/mimetype.go
@@ -1,29 +1,27 @@
-package httputils
+package remotecontext
 
 import (
 	"mime"
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-// MimeTypes stores the MIME content type.
-var MimeTypes = struct {
+// mimeTypes stores the MIME content type.
+var mimeTypes = struct {
 	TextPlain   string
 	OctetStream string
 }{"text/plain", "application/octet-stream"}
 
-// DetectContentType returns a best guess representation of the MIME
+// detectContentType returns a best guess representation of the MIME
 // content type for the bytes at c.  The value detected by
 // http.DetectContentType is guaranteed not be nil, defaulting to
 // application/octet-stream when a better guess cannot be made. The
 // result of this detection is then run through mime.ParseMediaType()
 // which separates the actual MIME string from any parameters.
-func DetectContentType(c []byte) (string, map[string]string, error) {
-
+func detectContentType(c []byte) (string, map[string]string, error) {
 	ct := http.DetectContentType(c)
 	contentType, args, err := mime.ParseMediaType(ct)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
 	}
-
 	return contentType, args, nil
 }
diff --git a/builder/remotecontext/mimetype_test.go b/builder/remotecontext/mimetype_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c00ec2860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builder/remotecontext/mimetype_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package remotecontext
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestDetectContentType(t *testing.T) {
+	input := []byte("That is just a plain text")
+
+	contentType, _, err := detectContentType(input)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "text/plain", contentType)
+}
diff --git a/builder/remotecontext/remote.go b/builder/remotecontext/remote.go
index 6be464fff1..5a8ba0f35d 100644
--- a/builder/remotecontext/remote.go
+++ b/builder/remotecontext/remote.go
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ func inspectResponse(ct string, r io.ReadCloser, clen int64) (string, io.ReadClo
 	// content type for files without an extension (e.g. 'Dockerfile')
 	// so if we receive this value we better check for text content
 	contentType := ct
-	if len(ct) == 0 || ct == httputils.MimeTypes.OctetStream {
-		contentType, _, err = httputils.DetectContentType(preamble)
+	if len(ct) == 0 || ct == mimeTypes.OctetStream {
+		contentType, _, err = detectContentType(preamble)
 		if err != nil {
 			return contentType, bodyReader, err
 		}
diff --git a/builder/remotecontext/remote_test.go b/builder/remotecontext/remote_test.go
index af9db4b927..b0b17a02b6 100644
--- a/builder/remotecontext/remote_test.go
+++ b/builder/remotecontext/remote_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/builder"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/archive"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/httputils"
 )
 
 var binaryContext = []byte{0xFD, 0x37, 0x7A, 0x58, 0x5A, 0x00} //xz magic
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@ func TestMakeRemoteContext(t *testing.T) {
 	mux.Handle("/", http.FileServer(http.Dir(contextDir)))
 
 	remoteContext, err := MakeRemoteContext(remoteURL, map[string]func(io.ReadCloser) (io.ReadCloser, error){
-		httputils.MimeTypes.TextPlain: func(rc io.ReadCloser) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+		mimeTypes.TextPlain: func(rc io.ReadCloser) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 			dockerfile, err := ioutil.ReadAll(rc)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/httputils/httputils.go b/pkg/httputils/httputils.go
index af86835bd9..1e44ee4854 100644
--- a/pkg/httputils/httputils.go
+++ b/pkg/httputils/httputils.go
@@ -1,20 +1,12 @@
 package httputils
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/jsonmessage"
 )
 
-var (
-	headerRegexp     = regexp.MustCompile(`^(?:(.+)/(.+?))\((.+)\).*$`)
-	errInvalidHeader = errors.New("Bad header, should be in format `docker/version (platform)`")
-)
-
 // Download requests a given URL and returns an io.Reader.
 func Download(url string) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 	if resp, err = http.Get(url); err != nil {
@@ -33,24 +25,3 @@ func NewHTTPRequestError(msg string, res *http.Response) error {
 		Code:    res.StatusCode,
 	}
 }
-
-// ServerHeader contains the server information.
-type ServerHeader struct {
-	App string // docker
-	Ver string // 1.8.0-dev
-	OS  string // windows or linux
-}
-
-// ParseServerHeader extracts pieces from an HTTP server header
-// which is in the format "docker/version (os)" e.g. docker/1.8.0-dev (windows).
-func ParseServerHeader(hdr string) (*ServerHeader, error) {
-	matches := headerRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(hdr)
-	if len(matches) != 4 {
-		return nil, errInvalidHeader
-	}
-	return &ServerHeader{
-		App: strings.TrimSpace(matches[1]),
-		Ver: strings.TrimSpace(matches[2]),
-		OS:  strings.TrimSpace(matches[3]),
-	}, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/httputils/httputils_test.go b/pkg/httputils/httputils_test.go
index 725c68f415..c439a91610 100644
--- a/pkg/httputils/httputils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/httputils/httputils_test.go
@@ -62,54 +62,3 @@ func TestNewHTTPRequestError(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected err to be %q, got %q", errorMessage, err)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestParseServerHeader(t *testing.T) {
-	inputs := map[string][]string{
-		"bad header":           {"error"},
-		"(bad header)":         {"error"},
-		"(without/spaces)":     {"error"},
-		"(header/with spaces)": {"error"},
-		"foo/bar (baz)":        {"foo", "bar", "baz"},
-		"foo/bar":              {"error"},
-		"foo":                  {"error"},
-		"foo/bar (baz space)":           {"foo", "bar", "baz space"},
-		"  f  f  /  b  b  (  b  s  )  ": {"f  f", "b  b", "b  s"},
-		"foo/bar (baz) ignore":          {"foo", "bar", "baz"},
-		"foo/bar ()":                    {"error"},
-		"foo/bar()":                     {"error"},
-		"foo/bar(baz)":                  {"foo", "bar", "baz"},
-		"foo/bar/zzz(baz)":              {"foo/bar", "zzz", "baz"},
-		"foo/bar(baz/abc)":              {"foo", "bar", "baz/abc"},
-		"foo/bar(baz (abc))":            {"foo", "bar", "baz (abc)"},
-	}
-
-	for header, values := range inputs {
-		serverHeader, err := ParseServerHeader(header)
-		if err != nil {
-			if err != errInvalidHeader {
-				t.Fatalf("Failed to parse %q, and got some unexpected error: %q", header, err)
-			}
-			if values[0] == "error" {
-				continue
-			}
-			t.Fatalf("Header %q failed to parse when it shouldn't have", header)
-		}
-		if values[0] == "error" {
-			t.Fatalf("Header %q parsed ok when it should have failed(%q).", header, serverHeader)
-		}
-
-		if serverHeader.App != values[0] {
-			t.Fatalf("Expected serverHeader.App for %q to equal %q, got %q", header, values[0], serverHeader.App)
-		}
-
-		if serverHeader.Ver != values[1] {
-			t.Fatalf("Expected serverHeader.Ver for %q to equal %q, got %q", header, values[1], serverHeader.Ver)
-		}
-
-		if serverHeader.OS != values[2] {
-			t.Fatalf("Expected serverHeader.OS for %q to equal %q, got %q", header, values[2], serverHeader.OS)
-		}
-
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/pkg/httputils/mimetype_test.go b/pkg/httputils/mimetype_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a6cc047db8..0000000000
--- a/pkg/httputils/mimetype_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package httputils
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestDetectContentType(t *testing.T) {
-	input := []byte("That is just a plain text")
-
-	if contentType, _, err := DetectContentType(input); err != nil || contentType != "text/plain" {
-		t.Error("TestDetectContentType failed")
-	}
-}