diff --git a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine-html.js b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine-html.js
index 6320c9dc..ebe94049 100644
--- a/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine-html.js
+++ b/lib/jasmine-core/jasmine-html.js
@@ -810,10 +810,7 @@ jasmineRequire.QueryString = function() {
           encodeURIComponent(prop) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(paramMap[prop])
         );
       }
-      // include getWindowLocation() to fix issue with karma-jasmine-html-reporter in angular: see https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1906
-      return (
-        (options.getWindowLocation().pathname || '') + '?' + qStrPairs.join('&')
-      );
+      return '?' + qStrPairs.join('&');
     }
 
     function queryStringToParamMap() {
diff --git a/spec/html/QueryStringSpec.js b/spec/html/QueryStringSpec.js
index b9303be2..de2f5721 100644
--- a/spec/html/QueryStringSpec.js
+++ b/spec/html/QueryStringSpec.js
@@ -48,21 +48,6 @@ describe('QueryString', function() {
       expect(result).toMatch(/foo=bar/);
       expect(result).toMatch(/baz=quux/);
     });
-
-    it('includes url pathname with the query string including the given key/value pair', function() {
-      var windowLocation = {
-          pathname: 'debug.html',
-          search: '?foo=bar'
-        },
-        queryString = new jasmineUnderTest.QueryString({
-          getWindowLocation: function() {
-            return windowLocation;
-          }
-        });
-
-      var result = queryString.fullStringWithNewParam('baz', 'quux');
-      expect(result).toBe('debug.html?foo=bar&baz=quux');
-    });
   });
 
   describe('#getParam', function() {
diff --git a/src/html/QueryString.js b/src/html/QueryString.js
index 736a691c..c4ce950e 100644
--- a/src/html/QueryString.js
+++ b/src/html/QueryString.js
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ jasmineRequire.QueryString = function() {
           encodeURIComponent(prop) + '=' + encodeURIComponent(paramMap[prop])
         );
       }
-      // include getWindowLocation() to fix issue with karma-jasmine-html-reporter in angular: see https://github.com/jasmine/jasmine/issues/1906
-      return (
-        (options.getWindowLocation().pathname || '') + '?' + qStrPairs.join('&')
-      );
+      return '?' + qStrPairs.join('&');
     }
 
     function queryStringToParamMap() {