diff --git a/lib/couchrest/core/server.rb b/lib/couchrest/core/server.rb
index ea68783..2f46f86 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/core/server.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/core/server.rb
@@ -2,19 +2,9 @@ module CouchRest
   class Server
     attr_accessor :uri, :uuid_batch_count, :available_databases
     def initialize(server = 'http://127.0.0.1:5984', uuid_batch_count = 1000)
-      case server
-      when %r{\A(http://[^/]+)/(.*)\z}
-        @uri, @prefix = $1, $2
-      else   
-        @uri, @prefix = server, ""
-      end
+      @uri = server
       @uuid_batch_count = uuid_batch_count
     end
-
-    # Add default prefix to database name
-    def expand(name)
-      @prefix + name
-    end
   
     # Lists all "available" databases.
     # An available database, is a database that was specified
@@ -42,7 +32,7 @@ module CouchRest
     # @couch.available_database?(:default)
     #
     def available_database?(ref_or_name)
-      ref_or_name.is_a?(Symbol) ? available_databases.keys.include?(ref_or_name) : available_databases.values.map{|db| db.name}.include?(expand(ref_or_name))
+      ref_or_name.is_a?(Symbol) ? available_databases.keys.include?(ref_or_name) : available_databases.values.map{|db| db.name}.include?(ref_or_name)
     end
   
     def default_database=(name, create_unless_exists = true)
@@ -55,17 +45,12 @@ module CouchRest
   
     # Lists all databases on the server
     def databases
-      dbs = CouchRest.get "#{@uri}/_all_dbs"
-      unless @prefix.empty?
-        pfx = @prefix.gsub('/','%2F')
-        dbs.reject! { |db| db.index(pfx) != 0 }
-      end
-      dbs
+      CouchRest.get "#{@uri}/_all_dbs"
     end
   
     # Returns a CouchRest::Database for the given name
     def database(name)
-      CouchRest::Database.new(self, expand(name))
+      CouchRest::Database.new(self, name)
     end
   
     # Creates the database if it doesn't exist
@@ -81,7 +66,7 @@ module CouchRest
 
     # Create a database
     def create_db(name)
-      CouchRest.put "#{@uri}/#{expand(name).gsub('/','%2F')}"
+      CouchRest.put "#{@uri}/#{name}"
       database(name)
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/core/server_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/core/server_spec.rb
index 9c9dad5..5e0f1f7 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/core/server_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/core/server_spec.rb
@@ -2,36 +2,6 @@ require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../spec_helper'
 
 describe CouchRest::Server do
   
-  describe "named databases" do
-    it "should generate database without prefix" do
-      couch = CouchRest::Server.new "http://192.0.2.1:1234"
-      db = couch.database("foo")
-      db.name.should == "foo"
-      db.uri.should == "http://192.0.2.1:1234/foo"
-    end
-
-    it "should generate database with prefix" do
-      couch = CouchRest::Server.new "http://192.0.2.1:1234/dev"
-      db = couch.database("foo")
-      db.name.should == "devfoo"
-      db.uri.should == "http://192.0.2.1:1234/devfoo"
-    end
-
-    it "should generate database with prefix and slash" do
-      couch = CouchRest::Server.new "http://192.0.2.1:1234/dev/"
-      db = couch.database("foo")
-      db.name.should == "dev/foo"
-      db.uri.should == "http://192.0.2.1:1234/dev%2Ffoo"
-    end
-
-    it "should generate database with slashes" do
-      couch = CouchRest::Server.new "http://192.0.2.1:1234/dev/sample/"
-      db = couch.database("foo/bar")
-      db.name.should == "dev/sample/foo/bar"
-      db.uri.should == "http://192.0.2.1:1234/dev%2Fsample%2Ffoo%2Fbar"
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "available databases" do
     before(:each) do
       @couch = CouchRest::Server.new