Backout changeset 6e67c73f730c: not a major fix and it breaks interop with at least Isode M-Link, and possibly standards, while it's not clear it actually fixes the original problem either.
-- COMPAT w/pre-0.9
local log = require "util.logger".init("net.httpserver");
local traceback = debug.traceback;
module "httpserver"
function fail()
log("error", "Attempt to use legacy HTTP API. For more info see http://prosody.im/doc/developers/legacy_http");
log("error", "Legacy HTTP API usage, %s", traceback("", 2));
end
new, new_from_config = fail, fail;
set_default_handler = fail;
return _M;