diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fc3e098..7d9b3ea 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: go
 go:
-- 1.7
+- 1.8
 sudo: false
 install:
 - go get -t ./...
diff --git a/example_config.yaml b/example_config.yaml
index 4f84d02..58ecb58 100644
--- a/example_config.yaml
+++ b/example_config.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ chihaya:
     # The timeout durations for HTTP requests.
     read_timeout: 5s
     write_timeout: 5s
-    request_timeout: 5s
 
   # This block defines configuration for the tracker's UDP interface.
   # If you do not wish to run this, delete this section.
diff --git a/frontend/http/frontend.go b/frontend/http/frontend.go
index 914d2a4..f5d6352 100644
--- a/frontend/http/frontend.go
+++ b/frontend/http/frontend.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"github.com/tylerb/graceful"
 
 	"github.com/chihaya/chihaya/bittorrent"
 	"github.com/chihaya/chihaya/frontend"
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	Addr            string        `yaml:"addr"`
 	ReadTimeout     time.Duration `yaml:"read_timeout"`
 	WriteTimeout    time.Duration `yaml:"write_timeout"`
-	RequestTimeout  time.Duration `yaml:"request_timeout"`
 	AllowIPSpoofing bool          `yaml:"allow_ip_spoofing"`
 	RealIPHeader    string        `yaml:"real_ip_header"`
 	TLSCertPath     string        `yaml:"tls_cert_path"`
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // Frontend holds the state of an HTTP BitTorrent Frontend.
 type Frontend struct {
-	grace *graceful.Server
+	s *http.Server
 
 	logic frontend.TrackerLogic
 	Config
@@ -91,8 +89,9 @@ func NewFrontend(logic frontend.TrackerLogic, cfg Config) *Frontend {
 
 // Stop provides a thread-safe way to shutdown a currently running Frontend.
 func (t *Frontend) Stop() {
-	t.grace.Stop(t.grace.Timeout)
-	<-t.grace.StopChan()
+	if err := t.s.Shutdown(context.Background()); err != nil {
+		log.Warn("Error shutting down HTTP frontend:", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func (t *Frontend) handler() http.Handler {
@@ -105,15 +104,11 @@ func (t *Frontend) handler() http.Handler {
 // ListenAndServe listens on the TCP network address t.Addr and blocks serving
 // BitTorrent requests until t.Stop() is called or an error is returned.
 func (t *Frontend) ListenAndServe() error {
-	t.grace = &graceful.Server{
-		Server: &http.Server{
-			Addr:         t.Addr,
-			Handler:      t.handler(),
-			ReadTimeout:  t.ReadTimeout,
-			WriteTimeout: t.WriteTimeout,
-		},
-		Timeout:          t.RequestTimeout,
-		NoSignalHandling: true,
+	t.s = &http.Server{
+		Addr:         t.Addr,
+		Handler:      t.handler(),
+		ReadTimeout:  t.ReadTimeout,
+		WriteTimeout: t.WriteTimeout,
 		ConnState: func(conn net.Conn, state http.ConnState) {
 			switch state {
 			case http.StateNew:
@@ -133,7 +128,7 @@ func (t *Frontend) ListenAndServe() error {
 			}
 		},
 	}
-	t.grace.SetKeepAlivesEnabled(false)
+	t.s.SetKeepAlivesEnabled(false)
 
 	// If TLS is enabled, create a key pair and add it to the HTTP server.
 	if t.Config.TLSCertPath != "" && t.Config.TLSKeyPath != "" {
@@ -145,11 +140,11 @@ func (t *Frontend) ListenAndServe() error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		t.grace.Server.TLSConfig = tlsCfg
+		t.s.TLSConfig = tlsCfg
 	}
 
 	// Start the HTTP server and gracefully handle any network errors.
-	if err := t.grace.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
+	if err := t.s.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
 		if opErr, ok := err.(*net.OpError); !ok || (ok && opErr.Op != "accept") {
 			panic("http: failed to gracefully run HTTP server: " + err.Error())
 		}
diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index 7fa4c65..f911513 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-hash: 5d8b4db88e29a7095440707b96e55cafed00fd98a32293b4b54950797a54f9bc
-updated: 2017-02-15T00:55:54.619709972-05:00
+hash: ba0c138fa4c3c1f55ce0bce72afb19e67be67edc48be86297440dae521cfee57
+updated: 2017-02-18T13:02:38.493823158+01:00
 imports:
 - name: github.com/beorn7/perks
   version: 4c0e84591b9aa9e6dcfdf3e020114cd81f89d5f9
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ imports:
   subpackages:
   - assert
   - require
-- name: github.com/tylerb/graceful
-  version: 4654dfbb6ad53cb5e27f37d99b02e16c1872fbbb
 - name: golang.org/x/sys
   version: d75a52659825e75fff6158388dddc6a5b04f9ba5
   subpackages:
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index 9bad837..68af355 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,4 @@ import:
   version: ^1.1.4
   subpackages:
   - require
-- package: github.com/tylerb/graceful
-  version: ^1.2.15
 - package: gopkg.in/yaml.v2