diff --git a/oauth2client/gce.py b/oauth2client/gce.py
index 024a82d..eb5596b 100644
--- a/oauth2client/gce.py
+++ b/oauth2client/gce.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ __author__ = 'jcgregorio@google.com (Joe Gregorio)'
 
 import json
 import logging
-import uritemplate
+import urllib
 
 from oauth2client import util
 from oauth2client.client import AccessTokenRefreshError
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ class AppAssertionCredentials(AssertionCredentials):
     Raises:
       AccessTokenRefreshError: When the refresh fails.
     """
-    uri = uritemplate.expand(META, {'scope': self.scope})
+    query = '?scope=%s' % urllib.quote(self.scope, '')
+    uri = META.replace('{?scope}', query)
     response, content = http_request(uri)
     if response.status == 200:
       try:
@@ -101,5 +102,4 @@ class AppAssertionCredentials(AssertionCredentials):
     return not self.scope
 
   def create_scoped(self, scopes):
-    return AppAssertionCredentials(scopes,
-                                   **self.kwargs)
+    return AppAssertionCredentials(scopes, **self.kwargs)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f01f401..5bc3b23 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 packages = [
     'oauth2client',
-    'uritemplate',
 ]
 
 install_requires = [
diff --git a/uritemplate/__init__.py b/uritemplate/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d0ebce..0000000
--- a/uritemplate/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
-# Early, and incomplete implementation of -04.
-#
-import re
-import urllib
-
-RESERVED = ":/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;="
-OPERATOR = "+./;?|!@"
-EXPLODE = "*+"
-MODIFIER = ":^"
-TEMPLATE = re.compile(r"{(?P<operator>[\+\./;\?|!@])?(?P<varlist>[^}]+)}", re.UNICODE)
-VAR = re.compile(r"^(?P<varname>[^=\+\*:\^]+)((?P<explode>[\+\*])|(?P<partial>[:\^]-?[0-9]+))?(=(?P<default>.*))?$", re.UNICODE)
-
-def _tostring(varname, value, explode, operator, safe=""):
-  if type(value) == type([]):
-    if explode == "+":
-      return ",".join([varname + "." + urllib.quote(x, safe) for x in value])
-    else:
-      return ",".join([urllib.quote(x, safe) for x in value])
-  if type(value) == type({}):
-    keys = value.keys()
-    keys.sort()
-    if explode == "+":
-      return ",".join([varname + "." + urllib.quote(key, safe) + "," + urllib.quote(value[key], safe) for key in keys])
-    else:
-      return ",".join([urllib.quote(key, safe) + "," + urllib.quote(value[key], safe) for key in keys])
-  else:
-    return urllib.quote(value, safe)
-
-
-def _tostring_path(varname, value, explode, operator, safe=""):
-  joiner = operator
-  if type(value) == type([]):
-    if explode == "+":
-      return joiner.join([varname + "." + urllib.quote(x, safe) for x in value])
-    elif explode == "*":
-      return joiner.join([urllib.quote(x, safe) for x in value])
-    else:
-      return ",".join([urllib.quote(x, safe) for x in value])
-  elif type(value) == type({}):
-    keys = value.keys()
-    keys.sort()
-    if explode == "+":
-      return joiner.join([varname + "." + urllib.quote(key, safe) + joiner + urllib.quote(value[key], safe) for key in keys])
-    elif explode == "*":
-      return joiner.join([urllib.quote(key, safe) + joiner + urllib.quote(value[key], safe) for key in keys])
-    else:
-      return ",".join([urllib.quote(key, safe) + "," + urllib.quote(value[key], safe) for key in keys])
-  else:
-    if value:
-      return urllib.quote(value, safe)
-    else:
-      return ""
-
-def _tostring_query(varname, value, explode, operator, safe=""):
-  joiner = operator
-  varprefix = ""
-  if operator == "?":
-    joiner = "&"
-    varprefix = varname + "="
-  if type(value) == type([]):
-    if 0 == len(value):
-      return ""
-    if explode == "+":
-      return joiner.join([varname + "=" + urllib.quote(x, safe) for x in value])
-    elif explode == "*":
-      return joiner.join([urllib.quote(x, safe) for x in value])
-    else:
-      return varprefix + ",".join([urllib.quote(x, safe) for x in value])
-  elif type(value) == type({}):
-    if 0 == len(value):
-      return ""
-    keys = value.keys()
-    keys.sort()
-    if explode == "+":
-      return joiner.join([varname + "." + urllib.quote(key, safe) + "=" + urllib.quote(value[key], safe) for key in keys])
-    elif explode == "*":
-      return joiner.join([urllib.quote(key, safe) + "=" + urllib.quote(value[key], safe) for key in keys])
-    else:
-      return varprefix + ",".join([urllib.quote(key, safe) + "," + urllib.quote(value[key], safe) for key in keys])
-  else:
-    if value:
-      return varname + "=" + urllib.quote(value, safe)
-    else:
-      return varname 
-
-TOSTRING = {
-    "" : _tostring,
-    "+": _tostring,
-    ";": _tostring_query,
-    "?": _tostring_query,
-    "/": _tostring_path,
-    ".": _tostring_path,
-    }
-
-
-def expand(template, vars):
-  def _sub(match):
-    groupdict = match.groupdict()
-    operator = groupdict.get('operator')
-    if operator is None:
-      operator = ''
-    varlist = groupdict.get('varlist')
-
-    safe = "@"
-    if operator == '+':
-      safe = RESERVED
-    varspecs = varlist.split(",")
-    varnames = []
-    defaults = {}
-    for varspec in varspecs:
-      m = VAR.search(varspec)
-      groupdict = m.groupdict()
-      varname = groupdict.get('varname')
-      explode = groupdict.get('explode')
-      partial = groupdict.get('partial')
-      default = groupdict.get('default')
-      if default:
-        defaults[varname] = default
-      varnames.append((varname, explode, partial))
-
-    retval = []
-    joiner = operator
-    prefix = operator
-    if operator == "+":
-      prefix = ""
-      joiner = ","
-    if operator == "?":
-      joiner = "&"
-    if operator == "":
-      joiner = ","
-    for varname, explode, partial in varnames:
-      if varname in vars:
-        value = vars[varname]
-        #if not value and (type(value) == type({}) or type(value) == type([])) and varname in defaults:
-        if not value and value != "" and varname in defaults:
-          value = defaults[varname]
-      elif varname in defaults:
-        value = defaults[varname]
-      else:
-        continue
-      retval.append(TOSTRING[operator](varname, value, explode, operator, safe=safe))
-    if "".join(retval):
-      return prefix + joiner.join(retval)
-    else:
-      return ""
-
-  return TEMPLATE.sub(_sub, template)