diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/backport/Jdk7HttpProxySocket.java b/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/backport/Jdk7HttpProxySocket.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 56ea256e6..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/backport/Jdk7HttpProxySocket.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C)2009 - SSHJ Contributors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package com.hierynomus.sshj.backport;
-
-import net.schmizz.sshj.common.IOUtils;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.net.*;
-
-public class Jdk7HttpProxySocket extends Socket {
-
-    private Proxy httpProxy = null;
-
-    public Jdk7HttpProxySocket(Proxy proxy) {
-        super(proxy.type() == Proxy.Type.HTTP ? Proxy.NO_PROXY : proxy);
-        if (proxy.type() == Proxy.Type.HTTP) {
-            this.httpProxy = proxy;
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void connect(SocketAddress endpoint, int timeout) throws IOException {
-        if (httpProxy != null) {
-            connectHttpProxy(endpoint, timeout);
-        } else {
-            super.connect(endpoint, timeout);
-        }
-    }
-
-    private void connectHttpProxy(SocketAddress endpoint, int timeout) throws IOException {
-        super.connect(httpProxy.address(), timeout);
-
-        if (!(endpoint instanceof InetSocketAddress)) {
-            throw new SocketException("Expected an InetSocketAddress to connect to, got: " + endpoint);
-        }
-        InetSocketAddress isa = (InetSocketAddress) endpoint;
-        String httpConnect = "CONNECT " + isa.getHostName() + ":" + isa.getPort() + " HTTP/1.0\n\n";
-        getOutputStream().write(httpConnect.getBytes(IOUtils.UTF8));
-        checkAndFlushProxyResponse();
-    }
-
-    private void checkAndFlushProxyResponse()throws IOException {
-        InputStream socketInput = getInputStream();
-        byte[] tmpBuffer = new byte[512];
-        int len = socketInput.read(tmpBuffer, 0, tmpBuffer.length);
-
-        if (len == 0) {
-            throw new SocketException("Empty response from proxy");
-        }
-
-        String proxyResponse = new String(tmpBuffer, 0, len, IOUtils.UTF8);
-
-        // Expecting HTTP/1.x 200 OK
-        if (proxyResponse.contains("200")) {
-            // Flush any outstanding message in buffer
-            if (socketInput.available() > 0) {
-                socketInput.skip(socketInput.available());
-            }
-            // Proxy Connect Successful
-        } else {
-            throw new SocketException("Fail to create Socket\nResponse was:" + proxyResponse);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/backport/Sockets.java b/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/backport/Sockets.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 797691cc2..000000000
--- a/src/main/java/com/hierynomus/sshj/backport/Sockets.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C)2009 - SSHJ Contributors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package com.hierynomus.sshj.backport;
-
-import java.io.Closeable;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.Socket;
-
-public class Sockets {
-
-    /**
-     * Java 7 and up have Socket implemented as Closeable, whereas Java6 did not have this inheritance.
-     * @param socket The socket to wrap as Closeable
-     * @return The (potentially wrapped) Socket as a Closeable.
-     */
-    public static Closeable asCloseable(final Socket socket) {
-        if (Closeable.class.isAssignableFrom(socket.getClass())) {
-            return Closeable.class.cast(socket);
-        } else {
-            return new Closeable() {
-                @Override
-                public void close() throws IOException {
-                    socket.close();
-                }
-            };
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/SocketStreamCopyMonitor.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/SocketStreamCopyMonitor.java
index 49a69df27..29c598c7d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/SocketStreamCopyMonitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/SocketStreamCopyMonitor.java
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import static com.hierynomus.sshj.backport.Sockets.asCloseable;
-
 public class SocketStreamCopyMonitor
         extends Thread {
 
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ public void run() {
                     await(y);
                 } catch (IOException ignored) {
                 } finally {
-                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(channel, asCloseable(socket));
+                    IOUtils.closeQuietly(channel, socket);
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/direct/LocalPortForwarder.java b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/direct/LocalPortForwarder.java
index 287277d4a..53a8178b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/direct/LocalPortForwarder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/schmizz/sshj/connection/channel/direct/LocalPortForwarder.java
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@
 import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import static com.hierynomus.sshj.backport.Sockets.asCloseable;
-
 public class LocalPortForwarder {
 
     public static class ForwardedChannel
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ private void startChannel(Socket socket) throws IOException {
             chan.open();
             chan.start();
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            IOUtils.closeQuietly(chan, asCloseable(socket));
+            IOUtils.closeQuietly(chan, socket);
             throw e;
         }
     }