diff --git a/djangorestframework/views.py b/djangorestframework/views.py
index 95fa119d7..c8e832bce 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/views.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/views.py
@@ -188,12 +188,6 @@ class View(ResourceMixin, RequestMixin, ResponseMixin, AuthMixin, DjangoView):
         Required if you want to do things like set `request.upload_handlers` before
         the authentication and dispatch handling is run.
         """
-        # Calls to 'reverse' will not be fully qualified unless we set the
-        # scheme/host/port here.
-        self.orig_prefix = get_script_prefix()
-        if not (self.orig_prefix.startswith('http:') or self.orig_prefix.startswith('https:')):
-            prefix = '%s://%s' % (request.is_secure() and 'https' or 'http', request.get_host())
-            set_script_prefix(prefix + self.orig_prefix)
         return request
 
     def final(self, request, response, *args, **kargs):
@@ -201,9 +195,6 @@ class View(ResourceMixin, RequestMixin, ResponseMixin, AuthMixin, DjangoView):
         Returns an `HttpResponse`. This method is a hook for any code that needs to run
         after everything else in the view.
         """
-        # Restore script_prefix.
-        set_script_prefix(self.orig_prefix)
-
         # Always add these headers.
         response['Allow'] = ', '.join(allowed_methods(self))
         # sample to allow caching using Vary http header