diff --git a/mux.go b/mux.go
index f126a602..3c52fa19 100644
--- a/mux.go
+++ b/mux.go
@@ -179,19 +179,7 @@ func (r *Router) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 			path = req.URL.EscapedPath()
 		}
 		// Clean path to canonical form and redirect.
-		if p := cleanPath(path); p != path {
-
-			// Added 3 lines (Philip Schlump) - It was dropping the query string and #whatever from query.
-			// This matches with fix in go 1.2 r.c. 4 for same problem.  Go Issue:
-			// http://code.google.com/p/go/issues/detail?id=5252
-			url := *req.URL
-			url.Path = p
-			p = url.String()
-
-			w.Header().Set("Location", p)
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusMovedPermanently)
-			return
-		}
+		req.URL.Path = cleanPath(path)
 	}
 	var match RouteMatch
 	var handler http.Handler