diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 878895b1..04f5b291 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Version 2.7.0
+- [Remove unused reference to System.Net.Http](https://github.com/microsoft/ApplicationInsights-aspnetcore/pull/879)
+
 ## Version 2.7.0-beta4
 - [RequestTrackingTelemetryModule is modified to stop tracking exceptions by default, as exceptions are captured by ApplicationInsightsLoggerProvider.](https://github.com/Microsoft/ApplicationInsights-aspnetcore/issues/861)
 - Updated Web/Base SDK version dependency to 2.10.0-beta4
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/DiagnosticListeners/Implementation/HostingDiagnosticListener.cs b/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/DiagnosticListeners/Implementation/HostingDiagnosticListener.cs
index 9bb00959..d080a877 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/DiagnosticListeners/Implementation/HostingDiagnosticListener.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/DiagnosticListeners/Implementation/HostingDiagnosticListener.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     using System.Diagnostics;
     using System.Globalization;
     using System.Linq;
-    using System.Net.Http.Headers;
     using System.Text;
     using Extensibility.Implementation.Tracing;
     using Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore.DiagnosticListeners.Implementation;
@@ -550,10 +549,11 @@ private void ReadCorrelationContext(IHeaderDictionary requestHeaders, Activity a
             {
                 foreach (var item in baggage)
                 {
-                    if (NameValueHeaderValue.TryParse(item, out var baggageItem))
+                    var parts = item.Split('=');
+                    if (parts.Length == 2)
                     {
-                        var itemName = StringUtilities.EnforceMaxLength(baggageItem.Name, InjectionGuardConstants.ContextHeaderKeyMaxLength);
-                        var itemValue = StringUtilities.EnforceMaxLength(baggageItem.Value, InjectionGuardConstants.ContextHeaderValueMaxLength);
+                        var itemName = StringUtilities.EnforceMaxLength(parts[0], InjectionGuardConstants.ContextHeaderKeyMaxLength);
+                        var itemValue = StringUtilities.EnforceMaxLength(parts[1], InjectionGuardConstants.ContextHeaderValueMaxLength);
                         activity.AddBaggage(itemName, itemValue);
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/DiagnosticListeners/Implementation/HttpHeadersUtilities.cs b/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/DiagnosticListeners/Implementation/HttpHeadersUtilities.cs
index d1002896..2fa55332 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/DiagnosticListeners/Implementation/HttpHeadersUtilities.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/DiagnosticListeners/Implementation/HttpHeadersUtilities.cs
@@ -9,16 +9,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore.DiagnosticListeners
 
     internal static class HttpHeadersUtilities
     {
-        internal static IEnumerable<string> GetHeaderValues(HttpHeaders headers, string headerName)
-        {
-            IEnumerable<string> result;
-            if (headers == null || !headers.TryGetValues(headerName, out result))
-            {
-                result = Enumerable.Empty<string>();
-            }
-            return result;
-        }
-
         internal static IEnumerable<string> GetHeaderValues(IHeaderDictionary headers, string headerName)
         {
             IEnumerable<string> result = Enumerable.Empty<string>();
@@ -33,33 +23,17 @@ internal static IEnumerable<string> GetHeaderValues(IHeaderDictionary headers, s
             return result;
         }
 
-        internal static string GetHeaderKeyValue(HttpHeaders headers, string headerName, string keyName)
-        {
-            IEnumerable<string> headerValues = GetHeaderValues(headers, headerName);
-            return HeadersUtilities.GetHeaderKeyValue(headerValues, keyName);
-        }
-
         internal static string GetHeaderKeyValue(IHeaderDictionary headers, string headerName, string keyName)
         {
             IEnumerable<string> headerValues = GetHeaderValues(headers, headerName);
             return HeadersUtilities.GetHeaderKeyValue(headerValues, keyName);
         }
 
-        internal static string GetRequestContextKeyValue(HttpHeaders headers, string keyName)
-        {
-            return GetHeaderKeyValue(headers, RequestResponseHeaders.RequestContextHeader, keyName);
-        }
-
         internal static string GetRequestContextKeyValue(IHeaderDictionary headers, string keyName)
         {
             return GetHeaderKeyValue(headers, RequestResponseHeaders.RequestContextHeader, keyName);
         }
 
-        internal static bool ContainsRequestContextKeyValue(HttpHeaders headers, string keyName)
-        {
-            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(GetHeaderKeyValue(headers, RequestResponseHeaders.RequestContextHeader, keyName));
-        }
-
         internal static bool ContainsRequestContextKeyValue(IHeaderDictionary headers, string keyName)
         {
             return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(GetHeaderKeyValue(headers, RequestResponseHeaders.RequestContextHeader, keyName));
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore.csproj b/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore.csproj
index 2915a9aa..44679c7b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore.csproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore/Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore.csproj
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net451' OR '$(TargetFramework)' == 'net46' ">
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Net.Http" Version="4.3.2" />
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
   </ItemGroup>