diff --git a/ex/q/q.go b/ex/q/q.go
index d3a4de59..63c5abea 100644
--- a/ex/q/q.go
+++ b/ex/q/q.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ func main() {
 	dnssec := flag.Bool("dnssec", false, "request DNSSEC records")
 	query := flag.Bool("question", false, "show question")
 	check := flag.Bool("check", false, "check internal DNSSEC consistency")
-	raw := flag.Bool("raw", false, "do not strip 'http://' from the qname")
 	six := flag.Bool("6", false, "use IPv6 only")
 	four := flag.Bool("4", false, "use IPv4 only")
 	anchor := flag.String("anchor", "", "use the DNSKEY in this file for interal DNSSEC consistency")
@@ -196,13 +195,6 @@ Flags:
 	}
 
 	for _, v := range qname {
-		if !*raw && strings.HasPrefix(v, "http://") {
-			v = v[7:]
-			if v[len(v)-1] == '/' {
-				v = v[:len(v)-1]
-			}
-		}
-
 		m.Question[0] = dns.Question{dns.Fqdn(v), qtype, qclass}
 		m.Id = dns.Id()
 		// Add tsig