diff --git a/lib/client/http-tracker.js b/lib/client/http-tracker.js
index 0c677fc..8b767e2 100644
--- a/lib/client/http-tracker.js
+++ b/lib/client/http-tracker.js
@@ -89,14 +89,8 @@ HTTPTracker.prototype._request = function (requestUrl, params, cb) {
   var self = this
   var u = requestUrl + (requestUrl.indexOf('?') === -1 ? '?' : '&') +
     common.querystringStringify(params)
-  var opts = {
-    url: u,
-    header: {
-      'user-agent': self.client._userAgent || '',
-    }
-  }
 
-  get.concat(opts, function (err, res, data) {
+  get.concat(u, function (err, res, data) {
     if (self.destroyed) return
     if (err) return self.client.emit('warning', err)
     if (res.statusCode !== 200) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0efb598..2110d96 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "bittorrent-tracker",
   "description": "Simple, robust, BitTorrent tracker (client & server) implementation",
-  "version": "8.0.13",
+  "version": "8.0.12",
   "author": {
     "name": "Feross Aboukhadijeh",
     "email": "feross@feross.org",