diff --git a/contrib/python/hooks.py b/contrib/python/hooks.py
index 0d4151ac..a4726e49 100644
--- a/contrib/python/hooks.py
+++ b/contrib/python/hooks.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ dumbprefixes = {
         "sd" : "http://www.slashdot.org/"
 }
 
-def goto_url_hook(url, current_url):
+def goto_url_hook(url):
     """Rewrite a URL that was entered in a "Go to URL" dialog box.
 
     This function should return a URL for ELinks to follow, or None if
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ def goto_url_hook(url, current_url):
     Arguments:
 
     url -- The URL provided by the user.
-    current_url -- The URL of the document being viewed, or None if no
-            document is being viewed.
 
     """
     if url in dumbprefixes:
@@ -136,13 +134,12 @@ class goto_url_in_new_tab:
     """Prompter that opens a given URL in a new tab."""
     def __init__(self):
         """Prompt for a URL."""
-        self.current_location = elinks.current_url()
         elinks.input_box("Enter URL", self._callback, title="Go to URL")
     def _callback(self, url):
         """Open the given URL in a new tab."""
         if 'goto_url_hook' in globals():
             # Mimic the standard "Go to URL" dialog by calling goto_url_hook().
-            url = goto_url_hook(url, self.current_location) or url
+            url = goto_url_hook(url) or url
         if url:
             elinks.open(url, new_tab=True)
 # The elinks.bind_key() function can be used to create a keystroke binding
diff --git a/doc/python.txt b/doc/python.txt
index baf81357..a5225150 100644
--- a/doc/python.txt
+++ b/doc/python.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ FUNCTIONS
         
         url -- The URL of the link.
     
-    goto_url_hook(url, current_url)
+    goto_url_hook(url)
         Rewrite a URL that was entered in a "Go to URL" dialog box.
         
         This function should return a URL for ELinks to follow, or None if
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ FUNCTIONS
         Arguments:
         
         url -- The URL provided by the user.
-        current_url -- The URL of the document being viewed, or None if no
-                document is being viewed.
     
     pre_format_html_hook(url, html)
         Rewrite the body of a document before it's formatted.
diff --git a/src/scripting/python/hooks.c b/src/scripting/python/hooks.c
index 23a07f07..9ff63df1 100644
--- a/src/scripting/python/hooks.c
+++ b/src/scripting/python/hooks.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "main/event.h"
 #include "protocol/uri.h"
 #include "scripting/python/core.h"
-#include "session/location.h"
 #include "session/session.h"
 #include "util/memory.h"
 #include "util/string.h"
@@ -64,28 +63,7 @@ script_hook_url(va_list ap, void *data)
 
 	python_ses = ses;
 
-	/*
-	 * Historical note: The only reason the goto and follow hooks are
-	 * treated differently is to maintain backwards compatibility for
-	 * people who already have a goto_url_hook() function in hooks.py
-	 * that expects a second argument. If we were starting over from
-	 * scratch, we could treat the goto and follow hooks identically and
-	 * simply pass @url as the sole argument in both cases; the Python
-	 * code for the goto hook no longer needs its @current_url argument
-	 * since it could instead determine the current URL by calling the
-	 * Python interpreter's elinks.current_url() function.
-	 */
-	if (!strcmp(method, "goto_url_hook")) {
-		unsigned char *current_url = NULL;
-
-		if (python_ses && have_location(python_ses))
-			current_url = struri(cur_loc(ses)->vs.uri);
-
-		result = PyObject_CallMethod(python_hooks, method, "ss", *url,
-					     current_url);
-	} else {
-		result = PyObject_CallMethod(python_hooks, method, "s", *url);
-	}
+	result = PyObject_CallMethod(python_hooks, method, "s", *url);
 
 	if (!result || !replace_with_python_string(url, result))
 		alert_python_error();