diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/UsenetClientBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/UsenetClientBase.cs
index 0b8357cd4..414fe66d3 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/UsenetClientBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/UsenetClientBase.cs
@@ -47,12 +47,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
                 var request = indexer.GetDownloadRequest(url);
                 request.RateLimitKey = remoteBook?.Release?.IndexerId.ToString();
 
-                // TODO: Look into moving download request handling to indexer
-                if (remoteBook.Release.BasicAuthString.IsNotNullOrWhiteSpace())
-                {
-                    request.Headers.Set("Authorization", "Basic " + remoteBook.Release.BasicAuthString);
-                }
-
                 nzbData = _httpClient.Get(request).ResponseData;
 
                 _logger.Debug("Downloaded nzb for release '{0}' finished ({1} bytes from {2})", remoteBook.Release.Title, nzbData.Length, url);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/RssParser.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/RssParser.cs
index 49d2ef782..02d982fdf 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/RssParser.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/RssParser.cs
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers
             releaseInfo.Title = GetTitle(item);
             releaseInfo.PublishDate = GetPublishDate(item);
             releaseInfo.DownloadUrl = GetDownloadUrl(item);
-            releaseInfo.BasicAuthString = GetBasicAuth();
             releaseInfo.InfoUrl = GetInfoUrl(item);
             releaseInfo.CommentUrl = GetCommentUrl(item);
             releaseInfo.Categories = GetCategories(item);
@@ -200,11 +199,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers
             return XElementExtensions.ParseDate(dateString);
         }
 
-        protected virtual string GetBasicAuth()
-        {
-            return null;
-        }
-
         protected virtual string GetDownloadUrl(XElement item)
         {
             if (UseEnclosureUrl)
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/Model/ReleaseInfo.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/Model/ReleaseInfo.cs
index 6b3b8b3b7..21f86f0a9 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/Model/ReleaseInfo.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Parser/Model/ReleaseInfo.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Parser.Model
         public string Title { get; set; }
         public long Size { get; set; }
         public string DownloadUrl { get; set; }
-        public string BasicAuthString { get; set; }
         public string InfoUrl { get; set; }
         public string CommentUrl { get; set; }
         public int IndexerId { get; set; }