diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js
index 234c21b9ba..5d501db61a 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Layer/WFS.js
@@ -440,17 +440,11 @@ OpenLayers.Layer.WFS = OpenLayers.Class(
         var data = this.writer.write(this.features);
         
         var url = this.url;
-        if (OpenLayers.ProxyHost &&
-            OpenLayers.String.startsWith(this.url, "http")) {
-            url = OpenLayers.ProxyHost + escape(this.url);
-        }
 
         var success = OpenLayers.Function.bind(this.commitSuccess, this);
 
         var failure = OpenLayers.Function.bind(this.commitFailure, this);
         
-        data = OpenLayers.Ajax.serializeXMLToString(data);
-        
         // from prototype.js
         new OpenLayers.Ajax.Request(url, 
                          {   method: 'post',