diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index ab103844..1db8c413 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 * Change py2 octal literals into the new py2/3 syntax
 * Change Kodi notifier to use requests as opposed to urllib
 * Change to consolidate scene exceptions and name cache code
+* Change check_url function to use requests instead of httplib library
 
 [develop changelog]
 * Update Requests library 2.7.0 (ab1f493) to 2.7.0 (8b5e457)
diff --git a/sickbeard/helpers.py b/sickbeard/helpers.py
index 8346df03..883becf6 100644
--- a/sickbeard/helpers.py
+++ b/sickbeard/helpers.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import tempfile
 import time
 import traceback
 import hashlib
-import httplib
 import urlparse
 import uuid
 import base64
@@ -788,19 +787,11 @@ def get_lan_ip():
 def check_url(url):
     """
     Check if a URL exists without downloading the whole file.
-    We only check the URL header.
     """
-    # see also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2924422
-    # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1140661
-    good_codes = [httplib.OK, httplib.FOUND, httplib.MOVED_PERMANENTLY]
-
-    host, path = urlparse.urlparse(url)[1:3]  # elems [1] and [2]
     try:
-        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(host)
-        conn.request('HEAD', path)
-        return conn.getresponse().status in good_codes
-    except StandardError:
-        return None
+        return requests.head(url).ok
+    except:
+        return False
 
 
 def anon_url(*url):