diff --git a/manifest_xml.py b/manifest_xml.py
index 4697653..5c5617a 100644
--- a/manifest_xml.py
+++ b/manifest_xml.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
 import xml.dom.minidom
 
 from git_config import GitConfig, IsId
-from project import Project, MetaProject, R_HEADS, HEAD
-from remote import Remote
+from project import RemoteSpec, Project, MetaProject, R_HEADS, HEAD
 from error import ManifestParseError
 
 MANIFEST_FILE_NAME = 'manifest.xml'
@@ -31,6 +30,21 @@
   revision = None
   remote = None
 
+class _XmlRemote(object):
+  def __init__(self,
+               name,
+               fetch=None,
+               review=None):
+    self.name = name
+    self.fetchUrl = fetch
+    self.reviewUrl = review
+
+  def ToRemoteSpec(self, projectName):
+    url = self.fetchUrl
+    while url.endswith('/'):
+      url = url[:-1]
+    url += '/%s.git' % projectName
+    return RemoteSpec(self.name, url, self.reviewUrl)
 
 class XmlManifest(object):
   """manages the repo configuration file"""
@@ -257,7 +271,7 @@
 
     if name is None:
       s = m_url.rindex('/') + 1
-      remote = Remote('origin', fetch = m_url[:s])
+      remote = _XmlRemote('origin', m_url[:s])
       name = m_url[s:]
 
     if name.endswith('.git'):
@@ -268,7 +282,7 @@
       gitdir = os.path.join(self.topdir, '%s.git' % name)
       project = Project(manifest = self,
                         name = name,
-                        remote = remote,
+                        remote = remote.ToRemoteSpec(name),
                         gitdir = gitdir,
                         worktree = None,
                         relpath = None,
@@ -284,7 +298,7 @@
     review = node.getAttribute('review')
     if review == '':
       review = None
-    return Remote(name=name, fetch=fetch, review=review)
+    return _XmlRemote(name, fetch, review)
 
   def _ParseDefault(self, node):
     """
@@ -337,7 +351,7 @@
 
     project = Project(manifest = self,
                       name = name,
-                      remote = remote,
+                      remote = remote.ToRemoteSpec(name),
                       gitdir = gitdir,
                       worktree = worktree,
                       relpath = path,
diff --git a/project.py b/project.py
index 5ccf33e..53fd38e 100644
--- a/project.py
+++ b/project.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 from git_config import GitConfig, IsId
 from error import GitError, ImportError, UploadError
 from error import ManifestInvalidRevisionError
-from remote import Remote
 
 from git_refs import GitRefs, HEAD, R_HEADS, R_TAGS, R_PUB, R_M
 
@@ -212,6 +211,14 @@
       except IOError:
         _error('Cannot copy file %s to %s', src, dest)
 
+class RemoteSpec(object):
+  def __init__(self,
+               name,
+               url = None,
+               review = None):
+    self.name = name
+    self.url = url
+    self.review = review
 
 class Project(object):
   def __init__(self,
@@ -1061,17 +1068,11 @@
           raise
 
   def _InitRemote(self):
-    if self.remote.fetchUrl:
+    if self.remote.url:
       remote = self.GetRemote(self.remote.name)
-
-      url = self.remote.fetchUrl
-      while url.endswith('/'):
-        url = url[:-1]
-      url += '/%s.git' % self.name
-      remote.url = url
-      remote.review = self.remote.reviewUrl
-      if remote.projectname is None:
-        remote.projectname = self.name
+      remote.url = self.remote.url
+      remote.review = self.remote.review
+      remote.projectname = self.name
 
       if self.worktree:
         remote.ResetFetch(mirror=False)
@@ -1426,7 +1427,7 @@
                      name = name,
                      gitdir = gitdir,
                      worktree = worktree,
-                     remote = Remote('origin'),
+                     remote = RemoteSpec('origin'),
                      relpath = '.repo/%s' % name,
                      revision = 'refs/heads/master')
 
diff --git a/remote.py b/remote.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bb8f740..0000000
--- a/remote.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2008 The Android Open Source Project
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-class Remote(object):
-  def __init__(self, name,
-               fetch=None,
-               review=None):
-    self.name = name
-    self.fetchUrl = fetch
-    self.reviewUrl = review
diff --git a/subcmds/init.py b/subcmds/init.py
index 90b76e8..0d0fcd0 100644
--- a/subcmds/init.py
+++ b/subcmds/init.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 from color import Coloring
 from command import InteractiveCommand, MirrorSafeCommand
 from error import ManifestParseError
-from remote import Remote
 from project import SyncBuffer
 from git_command import git, MIN_GIT_VERSION