diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/DownloaderFactory.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/DownloaderFactory.java
index 9c908e7a7..8e87b4347 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/DownloaderFactory.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/DownloaderFactory.java
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package org.fdroid.fdroid.net;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.support.v4.content.LocalBroadcastManager;
-
 import org.fdroid.fdroid.data.Repo;
 import org.fdroid.fdroid.data.RepoProvider;
 import org.fdroid.fdroid.data.Schema;
@@ -41,11 +40,9 @@ public class DownloaderFactory {
             localBroadcastManager = LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(context);
         }
 
-        if (isBluetoothAddress(url)) {
+        if ("bluetooth".equalsIgnoreCase(url.getProtocol())) {
             String macAddress = url.getHost().replace("-", ":");
             downloader = new BluetoothDownloader(macAddress, url, destFile);
-        } else if (isLocalFile(url)) {
-            downloader = new LocalFileDownloader(url, destFile);
         } else {
             final String[] projection = {Schema.RepoTable.Cols.USERNAME, Schema.RepoTable.Cols.PASSWORD};
             Repo repo = RepoProvider.Helper.findByUrl(context, Uri.parse(url.toString()), projection);
@@ -57,12 +54,4 @@ public class DownloaderFactory {
         }
         return downloader;
     }
-
-    private static boolean isBluetoothAddress(URL url) {
-        return "bluetooth".equalsIgnoreCase(url.getProtocol());
-    }
-
-    private static boolean isLocalFile(URL url) {
-        return "file".equalsIgnoreCase(url.getProtocol());
-    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/ImageLoaderForUIL.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/ImageLoaderForUIL.java
index 508d9df06..883c2d9d2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/ImageLoaderForUIL.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/ImageLoaderForUIL.java
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 package org.fdroid.fdroid.net;
 
 import android.content.Context;
-
 import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.download.BaseImageDownloader;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
 /**
- * Class used by the Universal Image Loader library (UIL) to fetch images for displaying in F-Droid.
- * See {@link org.fdroid.fdroid.FDroidApp} for where this gets configured.
+ * Class used by the Universal Image Loader library (UIL) to fetch images for
+ * displaying in F-Droid.  A custom subclass is needed since F-Droid's
+ * {@link HttpDownloader} provides support for Tor, proxying, and automatic
+ * mirror failover.
+ *
+ * @see org.fdroid.fdroid.FDroidApp#onCreate()  for where this is setup
  */
 public class ImageLoaderForUIL implements com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.download.ImageDownloader {
 
@@ -22,15 +25,10 @@ public class ImageLoaderForUIL implements com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core
     @Override
     public InputStream getStream(String imageUri, Object extra) throws IOException {
         switch (Scheme.ofUri(imageUri)) {
-            case ASSETS:
-                return context.getAssets().open(Scheme.ASSETS.crop(imageUri));
-
-            case DRAWABLE:
-                return new BaseImageDownloader(context).getStream(imageUri, extra);
-
-            default:
+            case HTTP:
+            case HTTPS:
                 return DownloaderFactory.create(context, imageUri).getInputStream();
         }
+        return new BaseImageDownloader(context).getStream(imageUri, extra);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/LocalFileDownloader.java b/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/LocalFileDownloader.java
deleted file mode 100644
index d9d85e5d6..000000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/net/LocalFileDownloader.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-package org.fdroid.fdroid.net;
-
-import org.fdroid.fdroid.Utils;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
-
-public class LocalFileDownloader extends Downloader {
-
-    private InputStream inputStream;
-
-    LocalFileDownloader(URL url, File destFile) throws FileNotFoundException, MalformedURLException {
-        super(url, destFile);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected InputStream getDownloadersInputStream() throws IOException {
-        inputStream = new FileInputStream(new File(sourceUrl.getPath()));
-        return inputStream;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void close() {
-        if (inputStream != null) {
-            Utils.closeQuietly(inputStream);
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean hasChanged() {
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int totalDownloadSize() {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void download() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-        if (new File(sourceUrl.getPath()).exists()) {
-            downloadFromStream(1024 * 50, false);
-        } else {
-            notFound = true;
-        }
-    }
-}