diff -r da3087b8f4a2 -r c0b317cfecc8 mercurial/httppeer.py
--- a/mercurial/httppeer.py	Mon Aug 07 20:17:02 2017 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/httppeer.py	Sun Aug 06 10:56:25 2017 -0700
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
     def __init__(self, ui, path):
         self.path = path
         self.caps = None
-        self.handler = None
         self.urlopener = None
         self.requestbuilder = None
         u = util.url(path)