diff --git a/common/cmdarg/arg.go b/common/cmdarg/arg.go
index 1f6850e7d..7c5ccc985 100644
--- a/common/cmdarg/arg.go
+++ b/common/cmdarg/arg.go
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ func LoadArg(arg string) (out io.Reader, err error) {
 // LoadArgToBytes loads one arg to []byte, maybe an remote url, or local file path
 func LoadArgToBytes(arg string) (out []byte, err error) {
 	switch {
-	case strings.HasPrefix(arg, "http://"), strings.HasPrefix(arg, "https://"):
-		out, err = FetchHTTPContent(arg)
 	default:
 		out, err = ioutil.ReadFile(arg)
 	}