diff --git a/glanceclient/v1/client.py b/glanceclient/v1/client.py
index d28b663f..bc020b69 100644
--- a/glanceclient/v1/client.py
+++ b/glanceclient/v1/client.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from glanceclient.v1 import images
 from glanceclient.v1 import image_members
 
 
-class Client(http.HTTPClient):
+class Client(object):
     """Client for the OpenStack Images v1 API.
 
     :param string endpoint: A user-supplied endpoint URL for the glance
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ class Client(http.HTTPClient):
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Initialize a new client for the Images v1 API."""
-        super(Client, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.images = images.ImageManager(self)
-        self.image_members = image_members.ImageMemberManager(self)
+        self.http_client = http.HTTPClient(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.images = images.ImageManager(self.http_client)
+        self.image_members = image_members.ImageMemberManager(self.http_client)
diff --git a/glanceclient/v1/legacy_shell.py b/glanceclient/v1/legacy_shell.py
index 605ce8fe..77e43721 100644
--- a/glanceclient/v1/legacy_shell.py
+++ b/glanceclient/v1/legacy_shell.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def print_image_formatted(client, image):
     :param client: The Glance client object
     :param image: The image metadata
     """
-    uri_parts = urlparse.urlparse(client.endpoint)
+    uri_parts = urlparse.urlparse(client.http_client.endpoint)
     if uri_parts.port:
         hostbase = "%s:%s" % (uri_parts.hostname, uri_parts.port)
     else:
diff --git a/tests/v1/test_legacy_shell.py b/tests/v1/test_legacy_shell.py
index c939e5d5..53adb453 100644
--- a/tests/v1/test_legacy_shell.py
+++ b/tests/v1/test_legacy_shell.py
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ class LegacyShellV1Test(testtools.TestCase):
     def test_print_image_formatted(self):
 
         class FakeClient():
-            endpoint = 'http://is.invalid'
+            class FakeHTTPClient():
+                endpoint = 'http://is.invalid'
+            http_client = FakeHTTPClient()
 
         class FakeImage():
             id = 1