diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 81b0c84d..6d4685d8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
     match any routes ([#408])
   - **breaking:** `EmptyRouter` has been renamed to `MethodNotAllowed` as its only
     used in method routers and not in path routers (`Router`)
+  - **breaking:** Remove support for routing based on the `CONNECT` method. An
+    example of combining axum with and HTTP proxy can be found [here][proxy] ([#428])
 - Extractors:
   - **fixed:** Expand accepted content types for JSON requests ([#378])
   - **fixed:** Support deserializing `i128` and `u128` in `extract::Path`
@@ -155,6 +157,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 [#408]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/408
 [#412]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/412
 [#416]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/416
+[#428]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/428
+[proxy]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/blob/main/examples/http-proxy/src/main.rs
 
 # 0.2.8 (07. October, 2021)
 
diff --git a/src/routing/handler_method_router.rs b/src/routing/handler_method_router.rs
index 74cab644..fcae7a38 100644
--- a/src/routing/handler_method_router.rs
+++ b/src/routing/handler_method_router.rs
@@ -64,16 +64,6 @@ where
     on(MethodFilter::all(), handler)
 }
 
-/// Route `CONNECT` requests to the given handler.
-///
-/// See [`get`] for an example.
-pub fn connect<H, B, T>(handler: H) -> MethodRouter<H, B, T, MethodNotAllowed>
-where
-    H: Handler<B, T>,
-{
-    on(MethodFilter::CONNECT, handler)
-}
-
 /// Route `DELETE` requests to the given handler.
 ///
 /// See [`get`] for an example.
@@ -261,16 +251,6 @@ impl<H, B, T, F> MethodRouter<H, B, T, F> {
         self.on(MethodFilter::all(), handler)
     }
 
-    /// Chain an additional handler that will only accept `CONNECT` requests.
-    ///
-    /// See [`MethodRouter::get`] for an example.
-    pub fn connect<H2, T2>(self, handler: H2) -> MethodRouter<H2, B, T2, Self>
-    where
-        H2: Handler<B, T2>,
-    {
-        self.on(MethodFilter::CONNECT, handler)
-    }
-
     /// Chain an additional handler that will only accept `DELETE` requests.
     ///
     /// See [`MethodRouter::get`] for an example.
diff --git a/src/routing/method_filter.rs b/src/routing/method_filter.rs
index d5da2cb5..251be637 100644
--- a/src/routing/method_filter.rs
+++ b/src/routing/method_filter.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ use http::Method;
 bitflags! {
     /// A filter that matches one or more HTTP methods.
     pub struct MethodFilter: u16 {
-        /// Match `CONNECT` requests.
-        const CONNECT = 0b000000001;
         /// Match `DELETE` requests.
         const DELETE =  0b000000010;
         /// Match `GET` requests.
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ impl MethodFilter {
     #[allow(clippy::match_like_matches_macro)]
     pub(crate) fn matches(self, method: &Method) -> bool {
         let method = match *method {
-            Method::CONNECT => Self::CONNECT,
             Method::DELETE => Self::DELETE,
             Method::GET => Self::GET,
             Method::HEAD => Self::HEAD,
diff --git a/src/routing/mod.rs b/src/routing/mod.rs
index 22ee12d5..f000162b 100644
--- a/src/routing/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routing/mod.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pub use self::{into_make_service::IntoMakeService, method_filter::MethodFilter,
 
 #[doc(no_inline)]
 pub use self::handler_method_router::{
-    any, connect, delete, get, head, on, options, patch, post, put, trace, MethodRouter,
+    any, delete, get, head, on, options, patch, post, put, trace, MethodRouter,
 };
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
diff --git a/src/routing/service_method_router.rs b/src/routing/service_method_router.rs
index ab5f7579..940a1fc0 100644
--- a/src/routing/service_method_router.rs
+++ b/src/routing/service_method_router.rs
@@ -130,16 +130,6 @@ where
     on(MethodFilter::all(), svc)
 }
 
-/// Route `CONNECT` requests to the given service.
-///
-/// See [`get`] for an example.
-pub fn connect<S, B>(svc: S) -> MethodRouter<S, MethodNotAllowed<S::Error>, B>
-where
-    S: Service<Request<B>> + Clone,
-{
-    on(MethodFilter::CONNECT, svc)
-}
-
 /// Route `DELETE` requests to the given service.
 ///
 /// See [`get`] for an example.
@@ -319,16 +309,6 @@ impl<S, F, B> MethodRouter<S, F, B> {
         self.on(MethodFilter::all(), svc)
     }
 
-    /// Chain an additional service that will only accept `CONNECT` requests.
-    ///
-    /// See [`MethodRouter::get`] for an example.
-    pub fn connect<T>(self, svc: T) -> MethodRouter<T, Self, B>
-    where
-        T: Service<Request<B>> + Clone,
-    {
-        self.on(MethodFilter::CONNECT, svc)
-    }
-
     /// Chain an additional service that will only accept `DELETE` requests.
     ///
     /// See [`MethodRouter::get`] for an example.