diff --git a/src/wormhole/twisted/tor_manager.py b/src/wormhole/twisted/tor_manager.py
index 3545faa..b487276 100644
--- a/src/wormhole/twisted/tor_manager.py
+++ b/src/wormhole/twisted/tor_manager.py
@@ -1,44 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 import time
-from zope.interface import implementer
-from twisted.web import error as web_error
 from twisted.internet.defer import inlineCallbacks, returnValue
-from twisted.python.compat import nativeString
 from twisted.internet.error import ConnectError
-from twisted.web import iweb
 import txtorcon
 import ipaddr
 from ..timing import DebugTiming
 from .transit import allocate_tcp_port
 
-# based on twisted.web.client._StandardEndpointFactory
-@implementer(iweb.IAgentEndpointFactory)
-class TorWebAgentEndpointFactory(object):
-    def __init__(self, reactor, socks_port):
-        self._reactor = reactor
-        self._socks_port = socks_port
-
-    def endpointForURI(self, uri):
-        try:
-            host = nativeString(uri.host)
-        except UnicodeDecodeError:
-            raise ValueError(("The host of the provided URI ({uri.host!r}) "
-                              "contains non-ASCII octets, it should be ASCII "
-                              "decodable.").format(uri=uri))
-
-        if uri.scheme == b'http' or uri.scheme == b'ws':
-            print("building URI endpoint with tor for %s" % uri.toBytes())
-            return txtorcon.TorClientEndpoint(#self._reactor,
-                host, uri.port,
-                socks_hostname="127.0.0.1", socks_port=self._socks_port)
-        elif uri.scheme == b'https':
-            raise NotImplementedError
-            # find some twisted thing that wraps a normal
-            # IStreamClientEndpoint in a TLS-ifying layer, and wrap it around
-            # a TorClientEndpoint. Maybe t.i.endpoints.wrapClientTLS
-        else:
-            raise web_error.SchemeNotSupported("Unsupported scheme: %r" % (uri.scheme,))
-
 class TorManager:
     def __init__(self, reactor, tor_socks_port=None, tor_control_port=9051,
                  timing=None):
@@ -143,9 +111,6 @@ class TorManager:
         self._timing.finish_event(_start_launch)
         returnValue(True)
 
-    def get_web_agent_endpoint_factory(self):
-        return TorWebAgentEndpointFactory(self._reactor, self._tor_socks_port)
-
     def is_non_public_numeric_address(self, host):
         # for numeric hostnames, skip RFC1918 addresses, since no Tor exit
         # node will be able to reach those. Likewise ignore IPv6 addresses.
diff --git a/src/wormhole/twisted/transcribe.py b/src/wormhole/twisted/transcribe.py
index 3850724..bd560f4 100644
--- a/src/wormhole/twisted/transcribe.py
+++ b/src/wormhole/twisted/transcribe.py
@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ class Wormhole:
 
     def _make_endpoint(self, hostname, port):
         if self._tor_manager:
-            return self._tor_manager.endpointForURI()
-        return endpoints.HostnameEndpoint(self._reactor, hostname, port) # 30s
+            return self._tor_manager.get_endpoint_for(hostname, port)
+        # note: HostnameEndpoints have a default 30s timeout
+        return endpoints.HostnameEndpoint(self._reactor, hostname, port)
 
     @inlineCallbacks
     def _get_websocket(self):