diff --git a/Foundation/CPURLConnection.j b/Foundation/CPURLConnection.j
index 88a1afbf8..7c4cfd81e 100644
--- a/Foundation/CPURLConnection.j
+++ b/Foundation/CPURLConnection.j
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ var CPURLConnectionDelegate = nil;
     BOOL            _isCanceled;
     BOOL            _isLocalFileConnection;
 
-    BOOL            _withCredentials    @accessors(property=withCredentials);
-
     HTTPRequest     _HTTPRequest;
 }
 
@@ -99,25 +97,12 @@ var CPURLConnectionDelegate = nil;
     @return the data at the URL or \c nil if there was an error
 */
 + (CPData)sendSynchronousRequest:(CPURLRequest)aRequest returningResponse:(/*{*/CPURLResponse/*}*/)aURLResponse
-{
-    var cfHTTPRequest = new CFHTTPRequest();
-
-    return [CPURLConnection _sendSynchronousRequest:aRequest returningResponse:aURLResponse withCFHTTPRequest:cfHTTPRequest];
-}
-
-+ (CPData)sendSynchronousRequest:(CPURLRequest)aRequest returningResponse:(/*{*/CPURLResponse/*}*/)aURLResponse withCredentials:(BOOL)withCredentials
-{
-    var cfHTTPRequest = new CFHTTPRequest();
-
-    cfHTTPRequest.setWithCredentials(withCredentials);
-
-    return [CPURLConnection _sendSynchronousRequest:aRequest returningResponse:aURLResponse withCFHTTPRequest:cfHTTPRequest];
-}
-
-+ (CPData)_sendSynchronousRequest:(CPURLRequest)aRequest returningResponse:(/*{*/CPURLResponse/*}*/)aURLResponse withCFHTTPRequest:(CFHTTPRequest)aCFHTTPRequest
 {
     try
     {
+        var aCFHTTPRequest = new CFHTTPRequest();
+        aCFHTTPRequest.setWithCredentials([aRequest withCredentials]);
+
         aCFHTTPRequest.open([aRequest HTTPMethod], [[aRequest URL] absoluteString], NO);
 
         var fields = [aRequest allHTTPHeaderFields],
@@ -152,17 +137,6 @@ var CPURLConnectionDelegate = nil;
     return [[self alloc] initWithRequest:aRequest delegate:aDelegate];
 }
 
-//overloaded method that allows user to set _withCredentials
-+ (CPURLConnection)connectionWithRequest:(CPURLRequest)aRequest delegate:(id)aDelegate withCredentials:(BOOL)withCredentials
-{
-    var connection = [[self alloc] initWithRequest:aRequest delegate:aDelegate startImmediately:NO];
-
-    [connection setWithCredentials:withCredentials];
-    [connection start];
-
-    return connection;
-}
-
 /*
     Default class initializer. Use one of the class methods instead.
     @param aRequest contains the URL to contact
@@ -179,7 +153,6 @@ var CPURLConnectionDelegate = nil;
         _request = aRequest;
         _delegate = aDelegate;
         _isCanceled = NO;
-        _withCredentials = NO;
 
         var URL = [_request URL],
             scheme = [URL scheme];
@@ -191,6 +164,7 @@ var CPURLConnectionDelegate = nil;
                                      (window.location.protocol === "file:" || window.location.protocol === "app:"));
 
         _HTTPRequest = new CFHTTPRequest();
+        _HTTPRequest.setWithCredentials([aRequest withCredentials]);
 
         if (shouldStartImmediately)
             [self start];
@@ -219,8 +193,6 @@ var CPURLConnectionDelegate = nil;
 {
     _isCanceled = NO;
 
-    _HTTPRequest.setWithCredentials(_withCredentials);
-
     try
     {
         _HTTPRequest.open([_request HTTPMethod], [[_request URL] absoluteString], YES);
diff --git a/Foundation/CPURLRequest.j b/Foundation/CPURLRequest.j
index b643264a3..3b93b8d06 100644
--- a/Foundation/CPURLRequest.j
+++ b/Foundation/CPURLRequest.j
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     // FIXME: this should be CPData
     CPString        _HTTPBody           @accessors(property=HTTPBody);
     CPString        _HTTPMethod         @accessors(property=HTTPMethod);
+    BOOL            _withCredentials    @accessors(property=withCredentials);
 
     CPDictionary    _HTTPHeaderFields   @accessors(readonly, getter=allHTTPHeaderFields);
 }
diff --git a/Objective-J/CFHTTPRequest.js b/Objective-J/CFHTTPRequest.js
index 6186dc80f..37bdf61e8 100644
--- a/Objective-J/CFHTTPRequest.js
+++ b/Objective-J/CFHTTPRequest.js
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ GLOBAL(CFHTTPRequest) = function()
     this._eventDispatcher = new EventDispatcher(this);
     this._nativeRequest = new NativeRequest();
 
+    // by default, all requests will assume that credentials should not be sent.
+    this._nativeRequest.withCredentials = false;
+
     var self = this;
     this._stateChangeHandler = function()
     {
@@ -279,7 +282,7 @@ CFHTTPRequest.prototype.setWithCredentials = function(/*Boolean*/ willSendWithCr
     this._nativeRequest.withCredentials = willSendWithCredentials;
 };
 
-CFHTTPRequest.prototype.getWithCredentials = function() 
+CFHTTPRequest.prototype.withCredentials = function() 
 {
     return this._nativeRequest.withCredentials;
 };