diff --git a/lib/web3/httpprovider.js b/lib/web3/httpprovider.js
index 9e6d3b4..93c89c0 100644
--- a/lib/web3/httpprovider.js
+++ b/lib/web3/httpprovider.js
@@ -22,31 +22,29 @@
  * @date 2015
  */
 
-
-var errors = require('./errors');
+var errors = require('./errors')
 
 // workaround to use httpprovider in different envs
 
 // browser
 if (typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.XMLHttpRequest) {
-    XMLHttpRequest = window.XMLHttpRequest; // jshint ignore: line
+  XMLHttpRequest = window.XMLHttpRequest // jshint ignore: line
 // node
 } else {
-    XMLHttpRequest = require('xmlhttprequest').XMLHttpRequest; // jshint ignore: line
+  XMLHttpRequest = require('xmlhttprequest').XMLHttpRequest // jshint ignore: line
 }
 
-var XHR2 = require('xhr2'); // jshint ignore: line
-var btoa = require('btoa');
+var XHR2 = require('xhr2') // jshint ignore: line
 
 /**
  * HttpProvider should be used to send rpc calls over http
  */
 var HttpProvider = function (host, timeout, user, password) {
-    this.host = host || 'http://localhost:8545';
-    this.timeout = timeout || 0;
-    this.user = user;
-    this.password = password;
-};
+  this.host = host || 'http://localhost:8545'
+  this.timeout = timeout || 0
+  this.user = user
+  this.password = password
+}
 
 /**
  * Should be called to prepare new XMLHttpRequest
@@ -56,23 +54,19 @@ var HttpProvider = function (host, timeout, user, password) {
  * @return {XMLHttpRequest} object
  */
 HttpProvider.prototype.prepareRequest = function (async) {
-    var request;
+  var request
 
-    if (async) {
-      request = new XHR2();
-      request.timeout = this.timeout;
-    }else {
-      request = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    }
+  if (async) {
+    request = new XHR2()
+    request.timeout = this.timeout
+  } else {
+    request = new XMLHttpRequest()
+  }
 
-    request.open('POST', this.host, async);
-    if (this.user && this.password) {
-        var value = 'Basic ' + btoa(this.user + ':' + this.password);
-        request.setRequestHeader('Authorization', value);
-    }
-    request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/json');
-    return request;
-};
+  request.open('POST', this.host, async, this.user, this.password)
+  request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+  return request
+}
 
 /**
  * Should be called to make sync request
@@ -82,24 +76,24 @@ HttpProvider.prototype.prepareRequest = function (async) {
  * @return {Object} result
  */
 HttpProvider.prototype.send = function (payload) {
-    var request = this.prepareRequest(false);
+  var request = this.prepareRequest(false)
 
-    try {
-        request.send(JSON.stringify(payload));
-    } catch(error) {
-        throw errors.InvalidConnection(this.host);
-    }
+  try {
+    request.send(JSON.stringify(payload))
+  } catch (error) {
+    throw errors.InvalidConnection(this.host)
+  }
 
-    var result = request.responseText;
+  var result = request.responseText
 
-    try {
-        result = JSON.parse(result);
-    } catch(e) {
-        throw errors.InvalidResponse(request.responseText);
-    }
+  try {
+    result = JSON.parse(result)
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw errors.InvalidResponse(request.responseText)
+  }
 
-    return result;
-};
+  return result
+}
 
 /**
  * Should be used to make async request
@@ -109,33 +103,33 @@ HttpProvider.prototype.send = function (payload) {
  * @param {Function} callback triggered on end with (err, result)
  */
 HttpProvider.prototype.sendAsync = function (payload, callback) {
-    var request = this.prepareRequest(true);
+  var request = this.prepareRequest(true)
 
-    request.onreadystatechange = function() {
-        if (request.readyState === 4 && request.timeout !== 1) {
-            var result = request.responseText;
-            var error = null;
+  request.onreadystatechange = function () {
+    if (request.readyState === 4 && request.timeout !== 1) {
+      var result = request.responseText
+      var error = null
 
-            try {
-                result = JSON.parse(result);
-            } catch(e) {
-                error = errors.InvalidResponse(request.responseText);
-            }
+      try {
+        result = JSON.parse(result)
+      } catch (e) {
+        error = errors.InvalidResponse(request.responseText)
+      }
 
-            callback(error, result);
-        }
-    };
-
-    request.ontimeout = function() {
-      callback(errors.ConnectionTimeout(this.timeout));
-    };
-
-    try {
-        request.send(JSON.stringify(payload));
-    } catch(error) {
-        callback(errors.InvalidConnection(this.host));
+      callback(error, result)
     }
-};
+  }
+
+  request.ontimeout = function () {
+    callback(errors.ConnectionTimeout(this.timeout))
+  }
+
+  try {
+    request.send(JSON.stringify(payload))
+  } catch (error) {
+    callback(errors.InvalidConnection(this.host))
+  }
+}
 
 /**
  * Synchronously tries to make Http request
@@ -143,18 +137,18 @@ HttpProvider.prototype.sendAsync = function (payload, callback) {
  * @method isConnected
  * @return {Boolean} returns true if request haven't failed. Otherwise false
  */
-HttpProvider.prototype.isConnected = function() {
-    try {
-        this.send({
-            id: 9999999999,
-            jsonrpc: '2.0',
-            method: 'net_listening',
-            params: []
-        });
-        return true;
-    } catch(e) {
-        return false;
-    }
-};
+HttpProvider.prototype.isConnected = function () {
+  try {
+    this.send({
+      id: 9999999999,
+      jsonrpc: '2.0',
+      method: 'net_listening',
+      params: []
+    })
+    return true
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false
+  }
+}
 
-module.exports = HttpProvider;
+module.exports = HttpProvider
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 427a6d8..1af36c1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     "lib": "./lib"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "btoa": "^1.1.2",
     "bignumber.js": "git+https://github.com/frozeman/bignumber.js-nolookahead.git",
     "crypto-js": "^3.1.4",
     "utf8": "^2.1.1",