diff --git a/core/modules/aggregator/aggregator.fetcher.inc b/core/modules/aggregator/aggregator.fetcher.inc
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--- a/core/modules/aggregator/aggregator.fetcher.inc
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-<?php
-
-/**
- * @file
- * Fetcher functions for the aggregator module.
- */
-
-/**
- * Implements hook_aggregator_fetch_info().
- */
-function aggregator_aggregator_fetch_info() {
-  return array(
-    'title' => t('Default fetcher'),
-    'description' => t('Downloads data from a URL using Drupal\'s HTTP request handler.'),
-  );
-}
-
-/**
- * Implements hook_aggregator_fetch().
- */
-function aggregator_aggregator_fetch($feed) {
-  $feed->source_string = FALSE;
-
-  // Generate conditional GET headers.
-  $headers = array();
-  if ($feed->etag) {
-    $headers['If-None-Match'] = $feed->etag;
-  }
-  if ($feed->modified) {
-    $headers['If-Modified-Since'] = gmdate(DATE_RFC1123, $feed->modified);
-  }
-
-  // Request feed.
-  $result = drupal_http_request($feed->url, array('headers' => $headers));
-
-  // Process HTTP response code.
-  switch ($result->code) {
-    case 304:
-      break;
-    case 301:
-      $feed->url = $result->redirect_url;
-      // Do not break here.
-    case 200:
-    case 302:
-    case 307:
-      if (!isset($result->data)) {
-        $result->data = '';
-      }
-      if (!isset($result->headers)) {
-        $result->headers = array();
-      }
-      $feed->source_string = $result->data;
-      $feed->http_headers = $result->headers;
-      break;
-    default:
-      watchdog('aggregator', 'The feed from %site seems to be broken due to "%error".', array('%site' => $feed->title, '%error' => $result->code . ' ' . $result->error), WATCHDOG_WARNING);
-      drupal_set_message(t('The feed from %site seems to be broken because of error "%error".', array('%site' => $feed->title, '%error' => $result->code . ' ' . $result->error)));
-  }
-
-  return $feed->source_string === FALSE ? FALSE : TRUE;
-}