static struct remote *remote;
 static const char *url;
-static struct walker *walker;
 
 struct options {
        int verbosity;
 };
 static struct options options;
 
-static void init_walker(void)
-{
-       if (!walker)
-               walker = get_http_walker(url, remote);
-}
-
 static int set_option(const char *name, const char *value)
 {
        if (!strcmp(name, "verbosity")) {
        }
        refs_url = strbuf_detach(&buffer, NULL);
 
-       init_walker();
        http_ret = http_get_strbuf(refs_url, &buffer, HTTP_NO_CACHE);
 
        /* try again with "plain" url (no ? or & appended) */
                i++;
        }
 
-       init_walker();
        ref = alloc_ref("HEAD");
-       if (!walker->fetch_ref(walker, ref) &&
+       if (!http_fetch_ref(url, ref) &&
            !resolve_remote_symref(ref, refs)) {
                ref->next = refs;
                refs = ref;
        struct child_process client;
        int err = 0;
 
-       init_walker();
        memset(&client, 0, sizeof(client));
        client.in = -1;
        client.out = -1;
 
 static int fetch_dumb(int nr_heads, struct ref **to_fetch)
 {
+       struct walker *walker;
        char **targets = xmalloc(nr_heads * sizeof(char*));
        int ret, i;
 
        for (i = 0; i < nr_heads; i++)
                targets[i] = xstrdup(sha1_to_hex(to_fetch[i]->old_sha1));
 
-       init_walker();
+       walker = get_http_walker(url);
        walker->get_all = 1;
        walker->get_tree = 1;
        walker->get_history = 1;
        walker->get_verbosely = options.verbosity >= 3;
        walker->get_recover = 0;
        ret = walker_fetch(walker, nr_heads, targets, NULL, NULL);
+       walker_free(walker);
 
        for (i = 0; i < nr_heads; i++)
                free(targets[i]);
                url = remote->url[0];
        }
 
+       http_init(remote);
+
        do {
                if (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin, '\n') == EOF)
                        break;
                }
                strbuf_reset(&buf);
        } while (1);
+
+       http_cleanup();
+
        return 0;
 }