diff --git a/djangorestframework/views.py b/djangorestframework/views.py
index 32d2437c1..3e8bf3566 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/views.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/views.py
@@ -181,20 +181,12 @@ 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):
         """
         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.headers['Allow'] = ', '.join(self.allowed_methods)
         # sample to allow caching using Vary http header