diff --git a/arangod/RestServer/ArangoServer.cpp b/arangod/RestServer/ArangoServer.cpp
index fc2a91fe77..ac43f14327 100755
--- a/arangod/RestServer/ArangoServer.cpp
+++ b/arangod/RestServer/ArangoServer.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,11 @@ void ArangoServer::buildApplicationServer () {
   // an https server
   // .............................................................................
 
-  _applicationHttpsServer = new ApplicationHttpsServer(_applicationScheduler, _applicationDispatcher);
+  _applicationHttpsServer = new ApplicationHttpsServer(_applicationServer,
+                                                       _applicationScheduler, 
+                                                       _applicationDispatcher,
+                                                       "arangodb",
+                                                       TRI_CheckAuthenticationAuthInfo);
   _applicationServer->addFeature(_applicationHttpsServer);
 #endif
 
@@ -427,8 +431,6 @@ void ArangoServer::buildApplicationServer () {
   // for this server we display our own options such as port to use
   // .............................................................................
 
-  _applicationHttpServer->showPortOptions(false);
-
   additional["ENDPOINT Options"]
     ("server.endpoint", &_endpoints, "endpoint for client HTTP requests")
   ;
@@ -595,14 +597,10 @@ int ArangoServer::startupServer () {
 
   _applicationDispatcher->buildStandardQueue(_dispatcherThreads);
 
-  Dispatcher* dispatcher = _applicationDispatcher->dispatcher();
-
   // .............................................................................
   // create a client http server and http handler factory
   // .............................................................................
 
-  Scheduler* scheduler = _applicationScheduler->scheduler();
-
   // add & validate endpoints
   for (vector<string>::const_iterator i = _endpoints.begin(); i != _endpoints.end(); ++i) {
     Endpoint* endpoint = Endpoint::serverFactory(*i);
@@ -640,7 +638,7 @@ int ArangoServer::startupServer () {
   // HTTP endpoints
   if (_endpointList.count(Endpoint::PROTOCOL_HTTP) > 0) {
     // create the http server
-    _httpServer = _applicationHttpServer->buildServer(new HttpServer(scheduler, dispatcher), &_endpointList);
+    _httpServer = _applicationHttpServer->buildServer(&_endpointList);
 
     DefineApiHandlers(_httpServer, _applicationAdminServer, _vocbase);
 
diff --git a/lib/Admin/ApplicationAdminServer.h b/lib/Admin/ApplicationAdminServer.h
index e67f5edb61..221ebeba8f 100644
--- a/lib/Admin/ApplicationAdminServer.h
+++ b/lib/Admin/ApplicationAdminServer.h
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #include "ApplicationServer/ApplicationFeature.h"
 #include "Admin/RestVersionHandler.h"
 
-#include "Rest/AddressPort.h"
-
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // --SECTION--                                              forward declarations
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/HttpServer/ApplicationHttpServer.cpp b/lib/HttpServer/ApplicationHttpServer.cpp
index b0dcbaef76..29684de69f 100644
--- a/lib/HttpServer/ApplicationHttpServer.cpp
+++ b/lib/HttpServer/ApplicationHttpServer.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ ApplicationHttpServer::ApplicationHttpServer (ApplicationServer* applicationServ
     _applicationDispatcher(applicationDispatcher),
     _authenticationRealm(authenticationRealm),
     _checkAuthentication(checkAuthentication),
-    _httpAuth(false),
     _httpServers() {
 }
 
@@ -92,6 +91,14 @@ ApplicationHttpServer::~ApplicationHttpServer () {
 /// @brief builds the http server
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+HttpServer* ApplicationHttpServer::buildServer (const EndpointList* endpointList) { 
+  return buildHttpServer(0, endpointList);
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief builds the http server
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 HttpServer* ApplicationHttpServer::buildServer (HttpServer* httpServer,
                                                 const EndpointList* endpointList) { 
   return buildHttpServer(httpServer, endpointList);
@@ -208,9 +215,11 @@ HttpServer* ApplicationHttpServer::buildHttpServer (HttpServer* httpServer,
       dispatcher = _applicationDispatcher->dispatcher();
     }
 
+#if 0
     if (_httpAuth) {
       auth = _checkAuthentication;
     }
+#endif
 
     httpServer = new HttpServer(scheduler, dispatcher, _authenticationRealm, auth);
   }
diff --git a/lib/HttpServer/ApplicationHttpServer.h b/lib/HttpServer/ApplicationHttpServer.h
index 6fbf442ea6..9d23a8c9ec 100644
--- a/lib/HttpServer/ApplicationHttpServer.h
+++ b/lib/HttpServer/ApplicationHttpServer.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "ApplicationServer/ApplicationFeature.h"
 
 #include "HttpServer/HttpHandlerFactory.h"
+#include "Rest/EndpointList.h"
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // --SECTION--                                              forward declarations
@@ -106,6 +107,12 @@ namespace triagens {
 
       public:
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// @brief builds the http server
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+        HttpServer* buildServer (const EndpointList*);
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 /// @brief builds the http server
 ///
diff --git a/lib/HttpsServer/ApplicationHttpsServer.cpp b/lib/HttpsServer/ApplicationHttpsServer.cpp
index c61407a895..d9ce056220 100644
--- a/lib/HttpsServer/ApplicationHttpsServer.cpp
+++ b/lib/HttpsServer/ApplicationHttpsServer.cpp
@@ -150,10 +150,6 @@ void ApplicationHttpsServer::setupOptions (map<string, ProgramOptionsDescription
     ("server.ssl-options", &_sslOptions, "ssl options, see OpenSSL documentation")
     ("server.ssl-cipher-list", &_sslCipherList, "ssl cipher list, see OpenSSL documentation")
   ;
-
-  options[ApplicationServer::OPTIONS_SERVER + ":help-extended"]
-    ("server.https-auth", &_httpsAuth, "use basic authentication")
-  ;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -248,9 +244,11 @@ HttpsServer* ApplicationHttpsServer::buildHttpsServer (const EndpointList* endpo
     dispatcher = _applicationDispatcher->dispatcher();
   }
 
+#if 0
   if (_httpsAuth) {
     auth = _checkAuthentication;
   }
+#endif
 
   // check the ssl context
   if (_sslContext == 0) {
diff --git a/lib/UserManager/ApplicationUserManager.h b/lib/UserManager/ApplicationUserManager.h
index cd204fe154..29761fa5fc 100644
--- a/lib/UserManager/ApplicationUserManager.h
+++ b/lib/UserManager/ApplicationUserManager.h
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 
 #include "ApplicationServer/ApplicationFeature.h"
 
-#include <UserManager/Right.h>
-#include "Rest/AddressPort.h"
+#include "UserManager/Right.h"
 
 namespace triagens {
   namespace rest {