diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 9870127..e1d3478 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -213,25 +213,21 @@ func (c *conn) doRequest(ctx context.Context, req *http.Request) ([]byte, error)
 
 func (c *conn) buildRequest(query string, params []driver.Value, readonly bool) (*http.Request, error) {
 	var (
-		req *http.Request
-		err error
+		method string
+		err    error
 	)
 	if params != nil {
 		if query, err = interpolateParams(query, params); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	c.log("query: ", query)
 	if readonly {
-		u := *c.url
-		q := u.Query()
-		q.Set("query", query)
-		u.RawQuery = q.Encode()
-		req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, u.String(), nil)
+		method = http.MethodGet
 	} else {
-		req, err = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, c.url.String(), strings.NewReader(query))
+		method = http.MethodPost
 	}
-
+	c.log("query: ", query)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, c.url.String(), strings.NewReader(query))
 	// http.Transport ignores url.User argument, handle it here
 	if err == nil && c.user != nil {
 		p, _ := c.user.Password()
diff --git a/conn_test.go b/conn_test.go
index 6e39ef8..f275a63 100644
--- a/conn_test.go
+++ b/conn_test.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func (s *connSuite) TestBuildRequestReadonlyWithAuth() {
 		s.Equal("user", user)
 		s.Equal("password", password)
 		s.Equal(http.MethodGet, req.Method)
-		s.Equal(cn.url.String()+"&query=SELECT+1", req.URL.String())
+		s.Equal(cn.url.String(), req.URL.String())
 		s.Nil(req.URL.User)
 	}
 }