diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 562aaa0a50..51980d810b 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ app.init = function(middleware){
 
   this.set('home', '/');
   this.set('env', process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development');
+  this.use(connect.query());
 
   // expose objects to each other
   this.use(function(req, res, next){
@@ -82,12 +83,6 @@ app.init = function(middleware){
     // charset
     if (charset = self.set('charset')) res.charset = charset;
 
-    // assign req.query
-    if (req.url.indexOf('?') > 0) {
-      var query = url.parse(req.url).query;
-      req.query = qs.parse(query);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Assign several locals with the given `obj`,
      * or return the locals.
diff --git a/test/express.test.js b/test/express.test.js
index 1d5a124cbf..63abb7212a 100644
--- a/test/express.test.js
+++ b/test/express.test.js
@@ -289,26 +289,6 @@ module.exports = {
     app.disabled('something else').should.be.true;
   },
   
-  'test middleware precedence': function(){
-    var app = express.createServer();
-    
-    app.use(connect.bodyParser());
-
-    assert.equal(2, app.stack.length);
-    
-    app.post('/', function(req, res){
-      res.send(JSON.stringify(req.body || ''));
-    });
-    app.get('/', function(){
-
-    });
-    assert.equal(3, app.stack.length);
-
-    assert.response(app,
-      { url: '/', method: 'POST', data: 'name=tj', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' }},
-      { body: '{"name":"tj"}' });
-  },
-  
   'test mounting': function(){
     var called
       , app = express.createServer()