diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHandler.cpp b/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHandler.cpp
index 3331c39b3642..c148bc1854a6 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHandler.cpp
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHandler.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,9 @@ nsHttpHandler::Init()
 
     // Startup the http category
     // Bring alive the objects in the http-protocol-startup category
-    CreateServicesFromCategory(NS_HTTP_STARTUP_CATEGORY);
+    NS_CreateServicesFromCategory(NS_HTTP_STARTUP_CATEGORY,
+                                  NS_STATIC_CAST(nsISupports*,NS_STATIC_CAST(void*,this)),
+                                  NS_HTTP_STARTUP_TOPIC);
     
     nsCOMPtr<nsIObserverService> observerSvc =
         do_GetService(NS_OBSERVERSERVICE_CONTRACTID, &rv);
@@ -1265,67 +1267,6 @@ nsHttpHandler::PrefsCallback(const char *pref, void *self)
     return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * CreateServicesFromCategory()
- *
- * Given a category, this convenience functions enumerates the category and 
- * creates a service of every CID or ContractID registered under the category
- *
- * @category: Input category
- * @return: returns error if any CID or ContractID registered failed to create.
- */
-nsresult
-nsHttpHandler::CreateServicesFromCategory(const char *category)
-{
-    nsresult rv = NS_OK;
-
-    int nFailed = 0; 
-    nsCOMPtr<nsICategoryManager> categoryManager = 
-        do_GetService("@mozilla.org/categorymanager;1", &rv);
-    if (!categoryManager) return rv;
-
-    nsCOMPtr<nsISimpleEnumerator> enumerator;
-    rv = categoryManager->EnumerateCategory(category, 
-            getter_AddRefs(enumerator));
-    if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;
-
-    nsCOMPtr<nsISupports> entry;
-    while (NS_SUCCEEDED(enumerator->GetNext(getter_AddRefs(entry)))) {
-        // From here on just skip any error we get.
-        nsCOMPtr<nsISupportsString> catEntry = do_QueryInterface(entry, &rv);
-        if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-            nFailed++;
-            continue;
-        }
-        nsXPIDLCString entryString;
-        rv = catEntry->GetData(getter_Copies(entryString));
-        if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-            nFailed++;
-            continue;
-        }
-		nsXPIDLCString contractID;
-		rv = categoryManager->GetCategoryEntry(category,(const char *)entryString, getter_Copies(contractID));
-		if (NS_FAILED(rv)) {
-            nFailed++;
-            continue;
-        }
-
-        LOG(("nsHttpHandler: instantiating [%s]\n", (const char *)contractID));
-
-        nsCOMPtr<nsISupports> instance = do_GetService(contractID, &rv);
-        if (NS_FAILED(rv))
-            nFailed++;
-
-        // try an observer, if it implements it.
-        nsCOMPtr<nsIObserver> observer = do_QueryInterface(instance, &rv);
-        if (NS_SUCCEEDED(rv) && observer)
-            observer->Observe(NS_STATIC_CAST(nsISupports*,NS_STATIC_CAST(void*,this)),
-                              NS_HTTP_STARTUP_TOPIC,
-                              NS_LITERAL_STRING("").get());
-    }
-    return (nFailed ? NS_ERROR_FAILURE : NS_OK);
-}
-
 /**
  *  Allocates a C string into that contains a ISO 639 language list
  *  notated with HTTP "q" values for output with a HTTP Accept-Language
diff --git a/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHandler.h b/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHandler.h
index 4e5c819aa0a1..4e4ba191c04b 100644
--- a/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHandler.h
+++ b/netwerk/protocol/http/src/nsHttpHandler.h
@@ -187,8 +187,6 @@ private:
 
     static PRInt32 PR_CALLBACK PrefsCallback(const char *, void *);
 
-    nsresult CreateServicesFromCategory(const char *category);
-
 private:
     static nsHttpHandler *mGlobalInstance;