diff --git a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/fetcher/FetchHTTP2.java b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/fetcher/FetchHTTP2.java
index 74dea299..8e133633 100644
--- a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/fetcher/FetchHTTP2.java
+++ b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/fetcher/FetchHTTP2.java
@@ -822,6 +822,9 @@ public class FetchHTTP2 extends AbstractFetchHTTP implements Lifecycle {
     protected RecordingHttpClient getHttpClient() {
         if (httpClient == null) {
             httpClient = new RecordingHttpClient(getServerCache());
+            
+            // XXX should this in the constructor? in configureRequest()? somewhere else?
+            HttpClientParams.setRedirecting(httpClient.getParams(), false);
         }
         
         return httpClient;
diff --git a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/fetcher/RecordingHttpClient.java b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/fetcher/RecordingHttpClient.java
index 049c8d4f..33aaf14a 100644
--- a/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/fetcher/RecordingHttpClient.java
+++ b/modules/src/main/java/org/archive/modules/fetcher/RecordingHttpClient.java
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ public class RecordingHttpClient extends DefaultHttpClient {
         this.setServerCache(serverCache);
         
         // XXX uhh? see HeritrixHttpMethodRetryHandler ??
-        setHttpRequestRetryHandler(new HttpRequestRetryHandler() {
-            @Override
-            public boolean retryRequest(IOException exception, int executionCount,
-                    HttpContext context) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        });
+//        setHttpRequestRetryHandler(new HttpRequestRetryHandler() {
+//            @Override
+//            public boolean retryRequest(IOException exception, int executionCount,
+//                    HttpContext context) {
+//                return false;
+//            }
+//        });
         
         // never reuse (no keep-alive)
         setReuseStrategy(new ConnectionReuseStrategy() {