diff --git a/retry.go b/retry.go
index 9273f30..299762a 100644
--- a/retry.go
+++ b/retry.go
@@ -1,38 +1,18 @@
 package transport
 
 import (
-	"crypto/x509"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
-	"regexp"
 	"log"
 	"time"
 	"strconv"
 	"math"
 )
 
-var (
-	// A regular expression to match the error returned by net/http when the
-	// configured number of redirects is exhausted. This error isn't typed
-	// specifically so we resort to matching on the error string.
-	tooManyRedirectsRe = regexp.MustCompile(`stopped after \d+ redirects\z`)
-
-	// A regular expression to match the error returned by net/http when the
-	// scheme specified in the URL is invalid. This error isn't typed
-	// specifically so we resort to matching on the error string.
-	invalidSchemeRe = regexp.MustCompile(`unsupported protocol scheme`)
-
-	// A regular expression to match the error returned by net/http when the
-	// TLS certificate is not trusted. This error isn't typed
-	// specifically so we resort to matching on the error string.
-	untrustedCertificateRe = regexp.MustCompile(`certificate is not trusted`)
-)
-
 func Retry(baseTransport http.RoundTripper, maxRetries int) func(http.RoundTripper) http.RoundTripper {
 	return func(next http.RoundTripper) http.RoundTripper {
 		return RoundTripFunc(func(req *http.Request) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 			defer func() {
-				if isRetryable(err, resp) {
+				if isRetryable(resp) {
 					for i := 1; i <= maxRetries; i++ {
 						wait := backOff(resp, i)
 
@@ -50,13 +30,12 @@ func Retry(baseTransport http.RoundTripper, maxRetries int) func(http.RoundTripp
 
 						startTime := time.Now()
 						resp, err = baseTransport.RoundTrip(req)
-						if isRetryable(err, resp) {
-							log.Printf("retrying %d request: %s %s", i, req.Method, req.URL)
-							log.Printf("response (%v): %v %s", time.Since(startTime), resp.Status, resp.Request.URL)
-							continue
-						} else {
+						if !isRetryable(resp) {
 							break
 						}
+
+						log.Printf("retrying %d request: %s %s", i, req.Method, req.URL)
+						log.Printf("response (%v): %v %s", time.Since(startTime), resp.Status, resp.Request.URL)
 					}
 				}
 			}()
@@ -87,33 +66,11 @@ func backOff(resp *http.Response, attempt int) time.Duration {
 	return sleep
 }
 
-func isRetryable(err error, resp *http.Response) bool {
+func isRetryable(resp *http.Response) bool {
 	if resp == nil {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	// any error returned from Client.Do will be *url.Error
-	if serverErr, ok := err.(*url.Error); ok {
-		// Too many redirects.
-		if tooManyRedirectsRe.MatchString(serverErr.Error()) {
-			return false
-		}
-
-		// Invalid protocol scheme.
-		if invalidSchemeRe.MatchString(serverErr.Error()) {
-			return false
-		}
-
-		// TLS cert verification failure.
-		if untrustedCertificateRe.MatchString(serverErr.Error()) {
-			return false
-		}
-
-		if _, ok := serverErr.Err.(x509.UnknownAuthorityError); ok {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-
 	// 429 Too Many Requests is recoverable. Sometimes the server puts
 	// Retry-After response header to indicate when the server is will be available again
 	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusTooManyRequests {
diff --git a/transport.go b/transport.go
index 0a9ed02..299f9a0 100644
--- a/transport.go
+++ b/transport.go
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ func (f RoundTripFunc) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 //	authClient := http.Client{
 //	    Transport: transport.Chain(
 //	        http.DefaultTransport,
-//			transport.SetHeader("User-Agent", userAgent),
-//			transport.SetHeader("Authorization", authHeader),
-//			transport.SetHeader("x-extra", "value"),
-//	        transport.TraceID,
+//	        transport.SetHeader("User-Agent", userAgent),
+//	        transport.SetHeader("Authorization", authHeader),
+//	        transport.SetHeader("x-extra", "value"),
+//			transport.TraceID,
 //	    ),
 //	    Timeout: 15 * time.Second,
 //	}