diff --git a/fs/fshttp/dialer.go b/fs/fshttp/dialer.go
index a41b478b8..a8ff67bc6 100644
--- a/fs/fshttp/dialer.go
+++ b/fs/fshttp/dialer.go
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/ipv6"
 )
 
-func dialContext(ctx context.Context, network, address string, ci *fs.ConfigInfo) (net.Conn, error) {
-	return NewDialer(ctx).DialContext(ctx, network, address)
-}
-
 // Dialer structure contains default dialer and timeout, tclass support
 type Dialer struct {
 	net.Dialer
diff --git a/fs/fshttp/http.go b/fs/fshttp/http.go
index f17c8298e..498714dfd 100644
--- a/fs/fshttp/http.go
+++ b/fs/fshttp/http.go
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ func NewTransportCustom(ctx context.Context, customize func(*http.Transport)) ht
 	}
 
 	t.DisableCompression = ci.NoGzip
-	t.DialContext = func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
-		return dialContext(ctx, network, addr, ci)
+	t.DialContext = func(reqCtx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
+		return NewDialer(ctx).DialContext(reqCtx, network, addr)
 	}
 	t.IdleConnTimeout = 60 * time.Second
 	t.ExpectContinueTimeout = ci.ExpectContinueTimeout