diff --git a/Octokit.Tests/Http/RedirectHandlerTests.cs b/Octokit.Tests/Http/RedirectHandlerTests.cs
index beb55b87..5ba2face 100644
--- a/Octokit.Tests/Http/RedirectHandlerTests.cs
+++ b/Octokit.Tests/Http/RedirectHandlerTests.cs
@@ -102,18 +102,6 @@ namespace Octokit.Tests.Http
             Assert.Null(response.RequestMessage.Headers.Authorization);
 
         }
-        
-        [Fact]
-        public async Task DisabledRedirectShouldPassThrough()
-        {
-            var invoker = CreateInvoker(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.Found));
-            var httpRequestMessage = CreateRequest(HttpMethod.Get);
-            httpRequestMessage.Properties[RedirectHandler.AllowAutoRedirectKey] = false;
-            var response = await invoker.SendAsync(httpRequestMessage, new CancellationToken());
-
-            Assert.Equal(response.StatusCode, HttpStatusCode.Redirect);
-            Assert.Same(response.RequestMessage, httpRequestMessage);
-        }
 
         [Theory]
         [InlineData(HttpStatusCode.MovedPermanently)]  // 301
@@ -179,7 +167,6 @@ namespace Octokit.Tests.Http
         {
             var httpRequestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage();
             httpRequestMessage.RequestUri = new Uri("http://example.org/foo");
-            httpRequestMessage.Properties[RedirectHandler.AllowAutoRedirectKey] = true;
             httpRequestMessage.Method = method;
             return httpRequestMessage;
         }
diff --git a/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs b/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
index c8597dad..0488d71d 100644
--- a/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Http/Connection.cs
@@ -153,12 +153,12 @@ namespace Octokit
         /// <param name="accepts">Specifies accepted response media types.</param>
         /// <param name="allowAutoRedirect">To follow redirect links automatically or not</param>
         /// <returns><seealso cref="IResponse"/> representing the received HTTP response</returns>
-
+        [Obsolete("allowAutoRedirect is no longer respected and will be deprecated in a future release")]
         public Task<IApiResponse<T>> Get<T>(Uri uri, IDictionary<string, string> parameters, string accepts, bool allowAutoRedirect)
         {
             Ensure.ArgumentNotNull(uri, "uri");
 
-            return SendData<T>(uri.ApplyParameters(parameters), HttpMethod.Get, null, accepts, null, CancellationToken.None, allowAutoRedirect: allowAutoRedirect);
+            return SendData<T>(uri.ApplyParameters(parameters), HttpMethod.Get, null, accepts, null, CancellationToken.None);
         }
 
         public Task<IApiResponse<T>> Get<T>(Uri uri, IDictionary<string, string> parameters, string accepts, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
@@ -321,8 +321,7 @@ namespace Octokit
             string contentType,
             CancellationToken cancellationToken,
             string twoFactorAuthenticationCode = null,
-            Uri baseAddress = null,
-            bool allowAutoRedirect = true)
+            Uri baseAddress = null)
         {
             Ensure.ArgumentNotNull(uri, "uri");
 
@@ -331,7 +330,6 @@ namespace Octokit
                 Method = method,
                 BaseAddress = baseAddress ?? BaseAddress,
                 Endpoint = uri,
-                AllowAutoRedirect = allowAutoRedirect,
             };
 
             return SendDataInternal<T>(body, accepts, contentType, cancellationToken, twoFactorAuthenticationCode, request);
diff --git a/Octokit/Http/HttpClientAdapter.cs b/Octokit/Http/HttpClientAdapter.cs
index 7c45be56..e84401d6 100644
--- a/Octokit/Http/HttpClientAdapter.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Http/HttpClientAdapter.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ namespace Octokit.Internal
                 var fullUri = new Uri(request.BaseAddress, request.Endpoint);
                 requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(request.Method, fullUri);
 
-                requestMessage.Properties["AllowAutoRedirect"] = request.AllowAutoRedirect;
                 foreach (var header in request.Headers)
                 {
                     requestMessage.Headers.Add(header.Key, header.Value);
@@ -166,7 +165,6 @@ namespace Octokit.Internal
 
     internal class RedirectHandler : DelegatingHandler
     {
-        public const string AllowAutoRedirectKey = "AllowAutoRedirect";
         public const string RedirectCountKey = "RedirectCount";
         public bool Enabled { get; set; }
 
@@ -177,10 +175,6 @@ namespace Octokit.Internal
             // Can't redirect without somewhere to redirect too.  Throw?
             if (response.Headers.Location == null) return response;
 
-            // Don't redirect if redirection has been disabled for this request
-            var allowAutoRedirect = (bool)request.Properties[AllowAutoRedirectKey];
-            if (!allowAutoRedirect) return response; // Throw?
-
             // Don't redirect if we exceed max number of redirects
             var redirectCount = 0;
             if (request.Properties.Keys.Contains(RedirectCountKey))
diff --git a/Octokit/Http/IRequest.cs b/Octokit/Http/IRequest.cs
index f52b2e52..31fbc578 100644
--- a/Octokit/Http/IRequest.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Http/IRequest.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Octokit.Internal
         Uri Endpoint { get; }
         TimeSpan Timeout { get; }
         string ContentType { get; }
+        [Obsolete("This value is no longer respected due to the necessary redirect work")]
         bool AllowAutoRedirect { get; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Octokit/Http/Request.cs b/Octokit/Http/Request.cs
index cd6dad4d..f9300fd4 100644
--- a/Octokit/Http/Request.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Http/Request.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ namespace Octokit.Internal
         {
             Headers = new Dictionary<string, string>();
             Parameters = new Dictionary<string, string>();
-            AllowAutoRedirect = true;
             Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(100);
         }
 
@@ -23,6 +22,8 @@ namespace Octokit.Internal
         public Uri Endpoint { get; set; }
         public TimeSpan Timeout { get; set; }
         public string ContentType { get; set; }
+
+        [Obsolete("This value is no longer respected due to the necessary redirect work")]
         public bool AllowAutoRedirect { get; set; }
     }
 }